Between “Skeleton Crew,” Spider-Man and “Cop Car,” you both seem to be obsessed with kidnapping children. Is this a reflection of your own history of getting into kid hijinks, or is it a bit of wish fulfillment because you were good-natured? what’s going on there?
Jon Watts: No, I think it’s what I always wanted as a kid. I grew up in the middle of nowhere and for entertainment, you just walk across a field in a straight line and you just hope you get abducted by aliens, or find buried pirate treasure or something like that, and Then it never happened. We never even found a police car as we hoped we would. So yeah, all these movies, I think we’re just trying to realize that dream.
I interview a lot of people, and people talk about the movies that made them want to make movies and write movies. “Star Wars” and “Jaws” are the two that people mention the most, but “Skeleton Crew” is probably going to be the introduction to this world for a whole generation of people. Have you considered yet whether your project will foster a love of this world that will inspire other people to make films?
Christopher Ford: Wow.
Watts: I think when “Star Wars” really works, it doesn’t matter how old you are, it makes you feel like you’re 10 years old. So by telling the story through the eyes of four 10-year-old kids, we’re hoping to capture the same feeling we felt when we saw “Star Wars” for the first time.
Ford: And what you’re saying is, I think it’s really weird to have been on the “Star Wars” side as a fan for so long. And as much as we love our characters and we’ve created this whole story, and put so much work into it, I still don’t really feel like it’s our story. It’s for the fans and everyone who appreciates “Star Wars,” and so to me, it feels completely natural that a new generation or other people will have their own opinions and take things from what we’ve done and Will do something else with it. , I’m much more interested in being a part of the continued use of “Star Wars” than in us saying, “This is our story, end.” I want to add communal point.
Watts: It’s nice to add a little postscript to the giant myth.
Ford: So much about filmmaking is so collaborative, so it’s not “I think this is the way it is,” it’s like, everyone comes together and works on it together.
