SUBMITTED BY Typhon24
October 1, 2004 — In Focus Magazine has a great comprehensive new interview with 'Team America: World Police' directors Matt Stone and Trey Parker - here's a clip:
Has working on 'Team America' given you new respect for Gerry Anderson?
TREY: Absolutely. I mean, actually, it doesn't give me any respect for him - it makes me think he's absolutely insane.
How you could do this and do it again, I do not understand. He did it for years and years and years - and I don't understand how. I mean, you could threaten to kill my family and I would not make another puppet movie. If my mother would die if I would not make another puppet movie, she'd be dead. I'm totally serious.
MATT: Music that sounds effortless? Sometimes it's really not. And I think some people will see this film and think, "Wow! That looks really easy." When people come visit the set, they see what it takes to do it. And then you look at Gerry Anderson and you think, "Man, he did this for how many episodes?" I mean, the ["Thunderbirds"] episodes are really simplistic, movement-wise, but some of the stuff they did is pretty amazing, technically. It's kind of too bad that he didn't have better stories and scripts and characters, because it's a pretty amazing look. It's definitely what inspired the look of this film.
But honestly, I don't know what the hell's wrong with that guy. I mean, we're in, so we have to finish this f***in' thing, but I hate it. I do. I hate it.
Hit the link below for the full interview! |