The flick: Crime Fiction
James Cooper is a 28-year-old copy editor with dreams of literary stardom, wasting his days editing third-rate textbooks in a dreary Chicago basement. Recently crowned the voice of a new America by the New York literati, his girlfriend is well on her way, while his first novel just got panned. His agent dumps him. Things look increasingly bleak. But when his girlfriend's corpse ends up sprawled beneath the bedroom window, tragedy provides just the literary spark he's been looking for.

The director: Will Slocombe
Will has directed numerous films, including Stroke Mechanics (winner, Audience Choice Award at 2003 Chicago Collegiate Film Festival), And the Pursuit of Happiness (2005 Detroit International Film Festival), and The Pawn (2006 Ivy Film Festival). A Washington D.C. native, he's held positions at National Public Radio and ABC News, and graduated with a B.A. in Cinema and Political Science from the University of Chicago in 2006.

Click here to get your tickets to see Crime Fiction (which is part of our Chicago Made Cinema night of premieres of films made in the Windy City!) on Wednesday, June 27th, and read on for his answers to the Big 3 questions below!

What movie character would you go out for a drink with? Why?
John from A Hard Day's Night would have to be my first choice. Because it looks like so much fun. Yoda would be my second choice. Because not only is he wise, but he could also steal us some free booze with his levitation techniques. And he would command instant respect as (probably) the only 900-year-old Jedi master in the room. Liz Taylor's "Maggie the Cat" would be my third choice. Because she's trouble.

What historical time period would you visit and adapt into a film?I always thought 1920s Paris, like in A Moveable Feast was the richest historical period. Because Modernism had already started happening, but now it had a World War to interpret. I don't know French though, so I might have to buy one of those language cassette tapes before I go to visit.

What surprised you the most about making your film?
The most surprising thing was how much we had to improvise on set, given how much we had planned. We had to simultaneously have an air-tight procedure for everything, and be ready in an instant to blow up that procedure if things didn't go smoothly. The amount you have to improvise is probably inversely proportional to how much money you have.

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