Updated to add the official SXSW video of the Source Code red carpet and Q&A. Also, head over now to
Reelnewz for their amazing video overage! Here is a
link to one of the Jake goodies.
Many thanks to
ManMadeMovies for the heads up!
As Duncan Jones tweets that he's now flying off to DC for the next phase of Source Code publicity, there's a very good way to get an insider look into what its like to be the subject of all this attention - Duncan's and Rodene's
travelblog. There are more videos from the SXSW premiere
here.
Do check it out today. Last night we saw Peewee Herman having some fun with Jake Gyllenhaal. Today there is more. These two would make quite a double-act. In the first, Jake describes Peewee's Broadway show (sort of) and , in the second, Peewee does a much better description of what Source Code means.
It looks like Duncan 'The Fabulously T-shirted One' Jones was on hand just in case.
I must thank
Bleeding Cool for making sure I didn't miss these goodies.
While Duncan went out to eat during the screening, Jake sat through it with his best friend, enjoying his reactions to the bits that made him jump. 'My best friend lives in Austin and he came with his girlfriend. Literally he grabbed my leg at one point and then at another time, in that scene where I jump off the train, he was like “Oh my god, what the hell?!” I was like “Yes!”' In an interview with
EW, Jake confirmed with good humour LooGate and talked about why he wanted Duncan for the job of Source Code and how they got him on board:
'I’d seen Moon and I thought this guy must have a fantastic mind. And I’d been told there was a project that he wants to make that he was interested in me playing one of the roles for. So I said of course I want to meet him. At the meeting I told him ‘Oh there’s this other script that I would really love for you to read.’ I never thought that he would want to do Source Code because he tends to write and direct his own things. But we sent it to him on a roll of the dice and five days later he was like “I want to do the movie.”'
'What always scares me is people tend to lose character and a sense of “Why?” on a behavioral, human, psychological level when they’re dealing with something that can be entertaining. When you deal with something that is potentially commercial people just say “Oh, we’ll get to that later.” The movie was not anything I wanted to make unless it was with someone who was a real visionary. And humor too. Duncan has a great sense of humor—dirty and dark and great. I think the great thing about sci fi is there’s a little bit of a campy quality always. I don’t think anybody should take themselves too seriously in time continuum.'
Film of the MonthSource Code is Total Film's 'Film of the Month' as well as the 'One to Watch'!
In an interview inside the May issue, Duncan talks about Moon and Source Code - in particular, the pressures of following up such a critically-acclaimed debut (nothing like a spot of pressure...) - and he talks about why he picked Source Code to be the one: ''Jake Gyylenhaal', Jones enthuses. 'He was actually the one who brought it to me. He was already attached and I'm a huge fan of his.'' For more, click below.
There is a review of Source Code in Total Film but I haven't read it - except to know that they like it - and it could be spoilery, so do be warned.
And finally...Another
video from the SXSW red carpet:
Includes pictures from
IHJ.
