But THENNNN, SAG Foundation created a screening event for it with a question / answer sesh with Zach Braff, and I'm like, WHA??!!!! AHHHHHHH I HAVE TO GO TO THIS.
Zach Braff, I love you. Not really, but like I really like your writing, and I really really really loved Garden State, at the time (not that I don't like it now, but you know what I mean.) You said it yourself, that you write about what you're already talking about, and Garden State was about things you thought about during that time, which were apparently things I was thinking about during that time too.
And now in Wish I Was Here, you wrote about stuff you're thinking about now -
- the struggle with going after your dreams and how long you're allowed to do that (omigosh RIGHT?, I love this theme in the movie for sure)
- masculinity and what it means to be a man in 2014 (right on..)
- death and what the hell we're doing on this planet (yes, this is what really matters, and I like the part where you say there are certain people who are sure, and you're kind of jealous about that or something?? I can't remember, I only saw it at the screening and it wasn't loud enough and people were laughing over a lot of the lines and people's heads were in my way)
But even with all that distraction, I really liked the movie! There were so many beautiful moments and great dialogue pieces. Oh man, I cried a few times, and also laughed really hard.
I think my favorite scene (besides the girl talking to her uncle on the phone) is when you're at the audition and you end up helping that guy in the waiting room, and he's like, "Why are you helping me?" And you're like, "Watch out it might be kindness." OMIGOSH. I actually think I wrote a blog about this a while back, about how I feel so weird when I go to auditions because I automatically am comparing myself with everyone and hoping they all fail and it's so terrible. I started thinking like Wow, I should not be thinking these things. I should be hoping the best for everyone and ultimately hoping the director can get the perfect person for their vision, hopefully it will be me, but if not, then good for someone else then you know? Competing with kindness - that's a theme in my life right now for sure.
Anyways it really was a beautiful movie and I'd like to watch it again sometime alone so I can really pay attention and have no heads or laughter in my way, but I wanted to tell you I'm sorry about the Kickstarter judgment. I had no idea how hard it was for you to get Garden State made and then again the difficulties with doing the second movie. And I loved what you had to say about your writing style and the industry and your challenges, it was so interesting and inspiring.
Thank you for continuing to do the things you love and write what's in your heart and not just trying to please people. And I want to check out your play!
