Green Book: Peter Farrelly Interview
38Green Book: Peter Farrelly Interview
When you hear the name Peter Farrelly, odds are a slew of comedy hits come to mind - Dumb and Dumber, There's Something About Mary, and more. For the next few months however, I'd like to bet his name comes up in "Best of 2018" and awards season conversations thanks to his latest feature, Green Book. The movie does have a good deal of fun-loving humor and banter, but it's largely focused on the crushing reality of racism in the 1960s. Green Book is based on the true story of Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen), a white bouncer from the Bronx, who's hired to escort a world-class black pianist, Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali), on a tour from Manhattan to the deep South. It's a road trip that highlights the importance of kindness, equality, learning from those around you and also embracing your differences.
Green Book is a movie that rocked me to the core in the best possible ways and left me eager to spread the heart it exudes, so it probably goes without saying that it was a huge treat to get to sit down with Farrelly to discuss his experience making the film. We talked about the team effort of making a movie and why it was vital to have the entire crew involved in the creative process, the balance of drama and comedy in the movie, and more. You can hear about it all in this video interview.
Green Book hits theaters nationwide on November 21st.
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