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JR: I like that its an original
piece, the kind of documentary
that is rarely done. We employ a
lot of unconventional, creative
devices, such as animation, that Frank Zappa and Larry "Wild Man" Fischer z-r-A /
I think work really well. We did
that because we're dealing with an
unconventional subject. I think the JL: This is a great rock 'n roll story
that most people have never heard.
overall feel of the film is unique.
Ifs also a great piece about mental
illness. We would hope to destroy a
JN: What motivated you
lot
of myths about schizophrenia.
to tell this man's story?
Viewers really get to see what it's
JL: We found a copy of his first
like to suffer with mental illness.
album, An Evening with Wild Man
Fischer, and put it on the turntable. JR: We want to bring a face to the
illness and show that the guy sit-
We were blown away by it, espe-
ting on the corner talking to him-
cially the song called "The Wild
self or singing songs to himself is
Man Fischer Story',' which is auto-
not to be dismissed. We wanted to
biographical. We found him and
humanize Larry Fischer. There are
started hanging out with him.
some disturbing scenes, but I
Slowly, we earned his trust, and he
think its a wakeup call to a lot of
let us start filming him.
people.
JR: We had a kinship with his ide-
ology, what he stood for and the
JN: How did you get the
music that he made. We became
money to make this?
fans of his music and music like
JL: The money we used to make
his. We wanted to make a film that
the film was money we made on
would parallel that music as best
day jobs. We actually made the
we could.
film at night and on weekends
after work. As first-time filmmak-
JN: What do you like
ers, we found it hard to find
about his music?
investors.
JL: It's the purest music I've ever
JR: I ended up quitting a job to
heard. Larry makes up songs on
finish the film. I took off around
the spot. They are very unstruc-
four or five months and worked
tured. Some of them are 10 sec-
with
an editor on a daily basis to
onds long. Some of them are 10
fine-tune
the picture.
minutes long. A lot of his songs are
relevant to his illness. He has a
JN: What are you
song called "Ping Pong Ball Head','
working on now?
which has him saying, "Maybe if I
didn't have a head like a Ping Pong JL: I'm working on getting into
ball, I would be a star." He was try-
narrative films.
ing to explain what schizophrenia
JR: I've begun work on three other
feels like and how his thoughts are
films. They're independent, but
going back and forth. He's very
one is planned for PBS.
indecisive, and a Ping Pong ball
would be a good analogy.

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JN: What do you hope
viewers will get out of
seeing your film?

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