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Sherman : What was it like working with David Mamet ? He ’ s obviously a brilliant writer and director , but would you say he is visually-inclined , as well ?
Sandy : He is very visual ! The clothing and props from his films all have a certain feel . There ’ s definitely a style to his films and the kind of things that he likes to put on camera .
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David : He ’ s also an incredibly loyal person to work with . His earlier movies were all designed by a designer who had health issues and passed away . We were actually introduced to him after we worked on a film called Where the Rivers Flow North , which was based on a book that was written by the Vermont-based author Howard Frank Mosher . David wrote the script for the film , but he didn ’ t direct it . Coincidentally , the editor for that film was David Mamet ’ s editor , and he introduced us to him . We worked with him first on a made-for-TV movie that he wrote called A Life in the Theatre , which starred Jack Lemmon and Matthew Broderick and was directed by Gregory Mosher . That led to a nice string of projects with him , which started out with Oleanna and ended up with Heist .
Sherman : The two of you have also worked closely with Wes Anderson on some of his most iconic films , including Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums . Could you tell from the beginning that he was an extraordinary talent ?
David : During the shoot for Pulp Fiction , we got the heads up that the Wilson Brothers and Wes Anderson were working on a film together . One day , they came onto the Pulp Fiction set and Quentin told me , “ David , will you please take my friends Owen and Wes on a tour of the set ?” During the course of the tour , they asked me if I was interested in working on Bottle Rocket with them . Sandy and I got the script , and we went to Dallas to work on the movie . At the time , Wes was still developing as a director and getting a
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