Ostap Karmodi
December, 2003
by email
Includes interviews with a specialist in the history of magic Jim Steinmeyer.
Q: What place does Carter occupy among the great magicians of his times (Thurston, Kellar, Chung Ling Soo etc.)?
Jim Steinmeyer: Carter was definitely of the “second tier,” and found a great deal of success out of America, touring in the far [...]
Ostap Karmodi
October, 2003
Frankfurt, Germany, a nightclub.
Unfortunately only parts of the original Dave Eggers interview sound file survived, therefore most of his answers are translated back into English.
Q: Critics are comparing you to Salinger. Do you feel any sort of a relationship with this author? Not in terms of literature, but [...]
Ostap Karmodi
May 7, 2004
Toronto, Canada, the director’s office
Q: In many of your movies, there are various devices that look alive. They have bodies, fluids; they’re changing their shapes. Do you perceive devices as some form of life?
A: Well, I think the devices are a form of life, but they are form of human life, because [...]