
Chuck Klosterman on TV Franchises, Passive Consumption, and Dream Sequences. Plus, Alison Brie on Her New Movie, ‘Somebody I Used to Know.’
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Is Maverick a Movie or an After-Death Sequence?
"I reject generally the idea of like life actual reality as a appropriate comp or cheat sheet for what movies should do," he says. "Movies just exist in their own emotional spiritual spatial place that isn't your life that takes you out of it and gives you the same feelings" The best movies make you feel like you are a party to this dream whereas the worst dream sequences are just like someone telling me about a dream they had which as soon as it hits the air doesn't exist It's not interesting in reality but if you were pitching a television show with a dream sequence would there be pushback against that? You think some people would say that well that's a lazy way to do
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