| Riding
a Rising Tide:
Q
& A with Actor Stanley Tucci
by
Susan Krawitz
...That’s
all I know about the Woodstock Film Festival, but I have a connection
with that area because it’s where my sister lives, and I started
going up about 17 ago when my friend Aidan Quinn bought a house
there. With the exception of this last year, we’ve spent every
New Year’s Eve up there.
ROLL:
Do you think the independent film movement is still on the rise?
STANLEY
TUCCI: I think when we made Big Night independent film was at its
peak, because that year at the Academy Awards, there was only one
studio movie nominated for best picture. All the rest were independents.
It was after that year that studios co-opted, in a sense, the whole
idea of independent movies. A lot of independent film companies
subsequently disappeared, and now the landscape is very, very tough.
And a lot of people are making what they call independent movies
and they’re just like cheap versions of studio movies. There’s
still a lot of stuff being done, but it’s harder to get money
now than it used to be. There’s no question about it.
ROLL:
Will you do a project like Big Night again—something so personal?
STANLEY
TUCCI: Well they all were personal for me. The other two movies
I made, Joe Gould’s Secret, and The Imposters were definitely
as personal. Big Night is just more attractive to people because
of the food. I only want to tell stories that I have an emotional
connection with as a director. And if I can’t invest myself,
I’m not really interested.
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