Steve Buscemi's latest film, "Interview," was for a long time listed on the Internet Movie Database as "Untitled Steve Buscemi Project." That's because in addition to starring in the film with Sienna Miller, he also directed it and adapted the screenplay.
The movie -- which features Miller and Buscemi almost exclusively -- is a remake of a 2003 film by the late Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh.
A hard news-hungry political reporter, Pierre Peders has been sent to interview Katya (Miller), a sexy actress better known for who she's sleeping with than anything else.
He's unhappy about it and even more so once Katya arrives late for their meeting with nary an excuse. Within minutes, far from hitting it off, they appear more ready to hit each other.
But a car accident outside the restaurant hurls them back together and they embark on a night-long ... well, who knows what to call it.
It's part flirtation, part war of words, part interview, part cat and mouse game. Frankly, I'm not entirely sure how to explain it without spoiling it.
So, I'll just say that while there are moments during the film at which you'll likely roll your eyes and think, "saw THAT one coming," there is plenty of good acting, plenty of good writing and plenty of unexpected moments and emotional depth to make the 83-minute "Interview" worth seeing.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
