Original Voice, Weirdly Poetic
Writer-director Rian Johnson redefines film noir with Brick
By Lily Percy
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/original_voice_weirdly_poetic_2525/
As the winner of last year’s Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision, writer-director Rian Johnson’s feature film debut, Brick, can easily be added to that lofty list of truly unique voices in cinema. MM spoke with Johnson about the language of film, the Sundance experience and being happy that his film is not for everyone.