interview with john poll

MOVIE #1,451 • 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 • 03.18.24 We start with Mark manipulating the subject's voice by slowing down the video considerably, then he launches into a doozy of an opening question: "do you believe in animal testing, and what if 1,000 bunnies died every time your movie was shown but you're guaranteed to gross over $200-million - would you still release the film?" He is so confident and serious asking this question. To his credit, Poll is pretty gracious dealing with this absurd, unanswerable question. Maybe he's slightly annoyed but he doesn't want to come off like a no-fun loser so he turns the table back towards the film, Charlie Bartlett. Mark then, ever the trickster, fires back with a very serious, real question about the role of drugs in the movie he made. The talk gets serious for a second before Mark counters again with such a hilarious, trolling question.: "How do you convince the person who limits themselves to one Robert Downey Jr. movie a year to see your movie instead of Tropic Thunder?"

Every time Poll says "Charlie Bartlett," Mark slows down the tape and makes this guy sounds like a demon. He talks about his next project, Something Borrowed, but he never got to make that movie (somebody else did). In fact, Charlie Bartlett is the only feature he's directed to date. Making art is hard.

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"interview with john poll part 1" (Mark Baumer, 2008)


"interview with john poll part 2" (Mark Baumer, 2008)

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Mark Baumer (December 19, 1983 – January 21, 2017) was an American writer, adventurer, and environmental activist. I am attempting to form a canon around his work as a filmmaker. This was released on February 11, 2008.