An Evening with Joss Whedon

Oscar-nominated writer/director Joss Whedon came to Film Society of Lincoln Center to discuss his career and his bold and imaginative adaptation of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing."

The film opens June 7 at Film Society: http://filmlinc.com/muchado

01:12 Whedon's love for Shakespeare and why he moved on to Much Ado from The Avengers

05:40 How Whedon's career started in television, writing Buffy, and doctoring scripts

08:40 On not always being pleased by the end result/final product of films he wrote screenplays for, and how that drove his desire to direct his own scripts

10:13 Did you actually want to bring back Buffy or was this just the right directing opportunity?

11:40 Serenity leads Whedon into directing movies again; his disappointment from Firefly being cancelled ("I cannot sleep; I cannot live until we find another venue for this") and whether Firefly will come back again a la Veronica Mars

16:30 Whedon expresses interest in making a ballet, a musical, writing a book, etc.

17:30 What attracts you to directing films (that you haven't actually written)?

20:46 Why the adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing is contemporary in setting but not language.

23:30 On being approached for video game adaptation

26:00 "Is there a Marvel character you wish you could do?"

28:00 What draws Whedon to tragic romance?

30:00 On shooting Much Ado - working with cameras, getting shots, his love for the location

33:18 On character interactions and never being able to have as much interaction as you want, but that's the nature of the medium.

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