Reddit AMA with Bill Murray (yes, really).

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That was just as good as you would hope it would be.

Particularly loved his description of working on Fantastic Mr. Fox:

Well that was great fun. It was great fun, because it just dragged on and on and on. And it was this fun bunch of people. First we went to our friend's farm, and we all stayed at her place for a handful of days while we recorded during the day and then at night we would have these magnificent meals and we would all tell stories. We had a LOT of great food, a lot of great wine and great stories. It went on until people started literally falling from their chairs and being taken away. And then we had to go to another place and do it again, we went to George's place, but then something happen and the whole party broke up, and George said "you don't have to go, do ya" and I didn't, so we just kicked around Northern Italy for a while. It was a real fiesta. And then Wes was working in England, so I had to fly to England for like 3 days to re-record, but the re-recording only took about 70 minutes, so that was fun. And then I had to go to Paris, once again, another disaster having to go to Paris to re-record for 20 minutes. It was a terrible, terrible experience. That was a really good job and he did a great job on the film. And Wes' brother Eric did a great job as the character, he was just amazing. To me he was the high point of the whole thing. And the artisans working in England that built all those sets and did all that work, the mechanicals, to see them work - that was like a treasure. That was like getting to go backstage to see the finest artists at work.

I also liked his description of working on Garfield, which was the opposite of that.

Also Snoop Lion, née Dog randomly shows up in there too.

And this:

Q: What is it like being so awesome?

A: Well, nothing prepared me for being this awesome. It's kind of a shock. It's kind of a shock to wake up every morning and be bathed in this purple light.

I saw American Hustle tonight. Definitely the most out and out fun movie DOR has done since Flirting with Disaster, IMO. Still need to see Huckabees though.

Still need to see Huckabees though.

I was talking with a friend who worked in the movie business, and she related her experience of working on "Spanking the Monkey" and how nice DOR was to her.

I said, "Well, you wouldn't know it from that outtake in Huckabees with Lily Tomlin and Dustin Hoffman."

And she said, "But every movie is like that! That's like a regular day on any movie set. That's why I loved that audio from a set where Christian Bale just went off. The pressure is so intense. People snap all the time. He just got caught."

Saw Nebraska last night. It was really powerful and generous of spirit. Much better than I thought it was going to be. Will Forte was outclassed in the acting department, but he had some serious competition.

Saw Nebraska last night. It was really powerful and generous of spirit. Much better than I thought it was going to be. Will Forte was outclassed in the acting department, but he had some serious competition.

We saw Nebraska last weekend, and I went only reluctantly because TCG was worried if we didn't see it right away, it would quickly disappear from the theater. The reason why I was reluctant was because there was so many movies on my list of must see right now, and Nebraska wasn't even on my radar. I was so pleasantly surprised. Like you said, the acting was wonderful, and it was such a great story. I love occasionally seeing a film where people look and dress like people. When I looked at the IMDB page for it, I was amazed at how many of the minor characters were played by people with little if any movie experience.

Will Forte was outclassed in the acting department, but he had some serious competition.

You think? I didn't know him, and I thought he did quite well.

Anyway, I really enjoyed it: I liked that everyone looked like real non-Hollywood people, and acted like it. The sons' frustration at dealing with their father struck me as very familiar, much like what it was dealing with my mother during the last few years of her life. The humor was nicely played, although the two truck-obsessed cousins were overdone, I thought.

I did come away wanting more information, like about his war experience, and all that, and found it frustrating that Alexander decided to dangle that in front of us but not answer the question.