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five questions with online film critic sean o’connell

North Carolina online film critic Sean O’Connell (Filmcritic.com, Charlotte Weekly, Online Film Critics Society) recently agreed to play Five Questions with me:

1.  What’s the last movie you’ve seen?

Shortbus by John Cameron Mitchell. It’s graphic, surprisingly moving, and not for everyone.

2. Which movies have meant the most to you and why?

This answer changes from week to week. When I first saw Finding Nemo, it impressed me as the latest Pixar gem. When I revisited it on DVD months later, my wife had given birth to our first baby - a boy - and the film meant the world to me. Still does.

3.  Which movies could you watch more than once and still enjoy?

Anything by Alfred Hitchcock. Anything with Paul Newman or Cary Grant. Anything that came out from 1974-1988.

4. If you could meet any film character, who would you choose?

That’s easy. Jesus, from any of his many cinematic incarnations. And if he couldn’t make it, I’d choose Butch and/or Sundance. They seem like great drinking buds.

5. If you could meet any filmmaker (living or dead), who would you choose?

John Lasseter. Though I met him once, and he turned out to be every bit as amazing as I’d expected. So I should pick someone else. OK, Billy Wilder. Imagine the stories he could tell?