Steve Buscemi took on quite a challenge with the remake of Theo Van Gogh's movie "Interview."
He, as formerly respected political reporter Pierre Peters, and Sienna Miller, as hottie actress and interview subject Katya, take the challenge and do quite well with it.
On the surface this is the story of a reporter fallen from grace and stuck doing soft pieces such as celebrity interviews and his probably failed interview with hot young actress Katya.
I see "Interview" as the story of any failed relationship in fast forward. It starts with a bad blind date, she's an hour late and he hasn't read up on her. There's passion, confession of both weakness and sin, humor, tears (crocodile), kisses, dancing and finally the bitter break up with nothing left but the bad feelings.
This "Interview" is a retelling and Americanization of the original, but stand up quite well on its own.
It seems to be the year of Buscemi at Sundance -- director, actor (also in "Delirious" which I'm planning to see tonight), interview subject in "Joe Strummer..." -- it's about time.
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