How is Cinematic Titanic different from “Mystery Science Theater 3000”?
When I started “MST,” I didn’t think that people would accept the idea of these silhouettes of people commenting on movies, so I worked hard to create this elaborate justification for it. I don’t think that’s as necessary with Cinematic Titanic. We want it to be stripped-down movie riffing, in the most basic form. It was making it very direct, as simple as us and a movie and an audience. It’s kind of like a Philip Glass recital with movie riffing. How does the preparation process differ from “MST3K”? When we did “MST3K,” we went through the movie about twice when writing, all in one room, from 10 in the morning to about 4 in the afternoon. The first day was watching the movie and writing. The next day was writing the sketches. The third day was another pass at the movie and the script, then several days of rehearsal and shooting. It was a seven- or eight-day cycle. Now, for Cinematic Titanic, we all live in different places, so we all work on the script separately. I can do about 10 mi
