When you talk to Mathew Weiner—as I did at Toronto a year ago when he premiered his ill-fated movie directing debut, "Are You Here," an amiable buddy comedy starring Owen Wilson and Zach Galifianakis, and again just before the final season of "Mad Men" ended, at L'Ermitage Hotel—you realize the USC film school grad loves movies. That's where he's coming from, in his references and inspirations. (His question "what's the one movie and song that always makes you cry?" launches a long detour on "Stella Dallas" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow.") Read More: "Mad Men' Creator Matt Weiner Says Good-Bye (Exclusive Video) Weiner dreamed up "Mad Men" 14 years ago--"it's been a third of my life," he told me. He shelved a film script about captains of industry who pulled themselves up from poverty, then wrote the "Mad Men" pilot, which persuaded David Chase to hire him...
- 11/1/2015
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
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