More Steve Buscemi completism. He co-wrote, directed and starred. Apparently this was about paying homage to Theo van Gogh by remaking his original.
The scenario has failing serious journalist Buscemi charged with interviewing soap star Sienna Miller (Live By Night (2016)), initially at a restaurant near her NYC loft but mostly at the loft for spurious reasons. A scandal is brewing in Washington, but isn't it always? The result is very uneven with an excess of unmotivated switchbacks; the structure is too rigid and the stakes too low for success.
I enjoyed Buscemi's directorial feature debut Trees Lounge (1996) but that was perhaps him at his most inspired. The best part of this was his clowning when he finally exited.
Roger Ebert: three stars. He hadn't seen the original. Peter Bradshaw: one star of five and the briefest review he's ever done (?). He did see the original. Manohla Dargis: "Vaporous and chilled to freezing, Interview lacks a single honest moment, but it does have plenty of diverting ones."
