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“Each segment builds on his understanding of concrete, but also on his understanding of the world around us.”
“John Wilson Talking to John Wilson is, in some ways, a lot like watching his documentaries .”
“For one, a class on how to write Hallmark movies — sure, it was the only class the Writers Guild was offering at that time, but he managed to find some pretty deep connections.”
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“After starting with short films he made on a nothing budget in the early 2010s, Wilson launched How To With John Wilson in 2020, and it quickly took off, each episode ostensibly covering a tutorial of sorts before the exit ramps start piling up.”
““How to Recycle Your Batteries,” from Season Two, for example, starts with a search for a place in New York City that will accept used lithium batteries, before diverting to subjects like reincarnation, sanitation-worker safety, dangerous-toy recalls, the free section on Craigslist, the Christmas movie he made in high school, Nazi flags, smuggled taxidermy, radioactive waste sites, and sex-offender housing, before somehow returning full circle to batteries, all in less than 30 minutes.”
““I think Hallmark movies are an example of our cyclical patterns of entertainment consumption, and how we like to tell and watch the same stories over and over and over again,” he says.”
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“(Though the road is short and not in great shape, it does afford him the discovery of a business that preserves the tattoos of dead loved ones.) There’s a very quick interview about filmmaking (and concrete) with Sopranos star and Ridgewood regular Michael Imperioli, and a longer interview with a guy who cleans gum off sidewalks professionally.”
“He’ll say things like, “If you spend enough time with anyone, something’s going to happen.”
““Sometimes when I’m filming something, it almost doesn’t compute [to other people] that I’m not promoting something, it’s just a home video, more or less.”
“The optimism that he had was infectious.” Much of the film, like Wilson’s other work, is centered around offbeat, unexpected clips that he captures with his Sony FS5.”
“Though these segments don’t really touch on concrete, per se, they provided him a counterbalance to his own outlook.”
“In fact, no such system exists.”
“He started ruminating on “the idea of endless cycles of renewal,” he explains.”
““I wanted to spend time investigating whether or not cyclical behavior is something that we do as a primal impulse, that keeps us occupied — like, productive or something — or if cyclical behavior was a crutch that we need to break free of.” Related Content Bon Iver Is Smiling Through It All in 'Everything Is Peaceful Love' Video Directed by John Wilson ‘How To With John Wilson’ Says Goodbye in Sweet, Heartbreaking Fashion Why John Wilson Wants ‘How To With John Wilson’ to Go Up in Flames The Heartbreakers to Perform in Full for First Time Since Tom Petty’s Death This investigation into concrete, as well as our cyclical behavior, took him to some surprising places.”
“The film also sees Wilson take trips outside of New York — to Rome, to see the oldest concrete building in existence, which blows the movie’s initial budget; to Las Vegas, for a concrete industry convention; to Los Angeles, another concrete town, where he happened to be going since his show was nominated for an Emmy; to Ohio, for a week-long stay near the oldest concrete road in America.”
“He looks around unsuccessfully for a while before coming across Jack Macco, one of the film’s most indelible characters.”
““I was out filming potholes one day, waiting for one of them to crater, and [they] never did,” Wilson says.”
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“Because it’s just not something you really see as much anymore.” Maybe, then, the work isn’t so much a project, but a lifelong mission, an analogue rejection of video being the medium of instant gratification.”