J.J. Abrams Week: Part Two
Second in the increasingly inaccurately named J.J. Abrams week is this fantastic write-up from New York Times Magazine.
From the article:
“There’s no answer to the box that’s going to make you happy,” he acknowledges. But, he adds, “the key is to use the box as a bait, to grab people and bring them into one story, only to introduce another.”
That’s the key. J.J.’s projects aren’t about spies, space, or monsters. They’re about characters. People. That’s why we care; that’s why they touch our lives. The fact that they’re rolled up in genre just adds to the appeal.
This is something I have to constantly remind myself as I write my own sci-fi film.
