"You have to do something else if you really want to know a person - two things really, but most often you can accomplish them in one single move. It's the exact same thing you have to do to tell a good story. It's the reason Lynch has a career. It's the reason I get hired. It's where all great Art comes from. It's so universal, and useful it's remarkable."

But this is the most brazen piece of posturing of all -- far more preposterous than saying your dog is a better filmmaker than David Lynch. Are you really sure you know where the irony here begins and ends? Or are in control of it?

@Shian

[quote]The question was: Why does walking out during the interview result in a high success rate in getting hired?[/quote]

Ok, but to say something like this you need more proof than your own word on your successrate, which, no doubt has also a lot to do with the skill and quality of your work and likely recommendations. And based on what you have presented on this forum and at ColorGHear you know your job and are passionate about it. I have myself been on the hiring side a few times - and trust me - if someone walked out on me, he or she would most likely not work for me, ever.

And to point out this opinon of yours could very well be done more clearly and without calling people dumbass? :D

I have never walked out on an interview. And probably will not, unless someone seriously insults me. However I would estimate my succes rate of getting hired to be in the same ballpark between 80-90%.

[quote]The question was also: How do you learn about someone without asking any questions?[/quote]

Google... :D Sure there are a lot of information going back and fourth between people when they are positioned next to oneanother. Gestures, body language, chemical signals, etc. some of which we cant pretend and control. Lack of the prementioned sometomes makes deciphering forum posts rather diffucult :)

But arrogance is just one thing. And it is not universally usable. The bigger the city/company the more likely it is to have positive effect and ofcourse this is completely dependant in the person doing the hiring. I would predict that the more uncertain they are about their own professionalism the more likely they are to hire you after you pull the dissappearing stunt :)

[quote]The whole thread exists to ask and answer those two questions: Everyone is making the mistake of making about me and my dislike for David Lynch. The thread really has nothing to with me or Lynch at all. Lynch is just a device. I could have used any filmmaker, really. But I've found that Lynch works best.[/quote]

Just as you are free to dislike David Lynch or use him as a tool to present your case (however I cant understand why you need to hate him?) so are all of us free to comment on your dislike. ok. ;)

The reason I dont pass LRT is not because I cant figure out the films. I can in my own mind fill the gaps. Maybe youcant and that annoys you about the films. But if "why" is the only question in hiring personnels head when you walk out mid interview - they are doing the wrong work.

Inspired by this thread, I am thinking about implementing a Reverse-LRT on the hiring process of my next shoot :)

Peace.

@shian

You reminded me of this

his movies are amazing compared with his singing

Well, then, V.K. If we're going to be truthful about it, most storytelling today, including non-corporate "indie" films, offers no mystery at all. It's packaged, and "corporatized" storytelling -- nothing left to the imagination, because the maker is selling the story itself, or a summary version of the story, rather than the telling of the story.

It's gone so far that fictional movies (not "based on real events") end with end credits explaining what happened to the characters long after the time-frame of the action. Couldn't let the audience go home without knowing exactly what happens to fictional people in a fictional universe in a fictional future!

So I wish Shian luck, but if he ever gets the interview with Spielberg, it would probably be better not to walk out. Instead, just explain why you normally would have walked out.

most storytelling today, including non-corporate "indie" films, offers no mystery at all. It's packaged, and "corporatized" storytelling -- nothing left to the imagination, because the maker is selling the story itself, or a summary version of the story, rather than the telling of the story.

@jrd That's a superb bit of writing - thank you!

nope, nope, and nope

You have to remove me and anything you know, or think you know, about me from the equation. I do not matter. I am simply a character in this story.

+1 and then -1 cuz the 2nd answer is patently wrong. The 2nd answer is what you do after you understand the WHY.

But another +1 because at least for now, you have an answer, even if it may not be entirely correct. It is correct for you. For now. You can get to where you need to go, if you keep thinking this way. Where is it you need to get? I don't know. It's up to you. But at least you're headed in the right direction...

+1 You are definitely getting there. Keep exploring. You're there in spirit and that's what matters.

silence.

believe

Step one: Pull pin, toss grenade... and wait.

Morpheus: We are looking for the Keymaker.

Merovingian: Oh yes, it is true. The Keymaker, of course. But this is not a reason, this is not a `why.' The Keymaker himself, his very nature, is a means, it is not an end, and so, to look for him is to be looking for a means to do... what?

Neo: You know the answer to that question.

Merovingian: But do you? ... You see, there is only one constant, one universal, it is the only real truth: causality. Action. Reaction. Cause and effect.

Morpheus: Everything begins with choice.

Merovingian: No. Wrong. Choice is an illusion, created between those with power, and those without. Look there, at that woman. My God, just look at her. Affecting everyone around her, so obvious, so bourgeois, so boring. But wait... Watch - you see, I have sent her a dessert, a very special dessert. I wrote it myself. It starts so simply, each line of the program creating a new effect, just like poetry. First, a rush... heat... her heart flutters. You can see it, Neo, yes? She does not understand why - is it the wine? No. What is it then, what is the reason? And soon it does not matter, soon the why and the reason are gone, and all that matters is the feeling itself. This is the nature of the universe. We struggle against it, we fight to deny it, but it is of course pretense, it is a lie. Beneath our poised appearance, the truth is we are completely out of control. -- Causality. There is no escape from it, we are forever slaves to it. Our only hope, our only peace is to understand it, to understand the "why." "Why" is what separates us from them, you from me. "Why" is the only real social power, without it you are powerless. And this is how you come to me, without "why," without power.

What Shian doesn't seem to consider here is that these people may be as smart as he is. Far from being manipulated, it's much more likely that they're making allowances for him, the same way they make allowances for temperament in actors. Try running (or even just watching) a casting session some time. The better directors and casting directors are unfazed by rude or abrupt behavior, if they think there's value to be had there. If they don't think so, the audition ends in 30 seconds and/or the offender is free to walk out without a word.

In Shian's case, his work is almost certainly known by the director or producer, or at least recommended to them, in advance of the interview. So he's half-hired before he even shows up. That's why they call him back.