by Eugene Hernandez (June 24, 2007)
Saturday night after the
Los Angeles Film Festival screening of "
Interview," actor/director
Steve Buscemi (center) joined friend
Rob Schneider(to his left), the film's producer
Bruce Weiss and co-writer David Schechter at Beverly Hills restaurant Camden House for a soiree celebrating the
Sony Pictures Classics release. The sharp, funny story of a tug-of-war interview between a seasoned war correspondent (Buscemi) and a pretty young TV/B-movie actress (
Sienna Miller) is a remake of the
Theo Van Gogh film. Part of a trio of low-budget projects that Weiss had hoped to remake with Van Gogh working in English are all being directed by American actors. Buscemi's "Interview" (which debuted at
Sundance) is the first of the series, with
Stanley Tucci's "
Blind Date" next up (aiming for an early '07 festival debut). The third film, producer Weiss told indieWIRE, will be "
1-900" directed by
John Turturro, in producton this year and aiming for a fest debut about a year from now. [Eugene Hernandez]