Episode 039: Vanilla Sky (2001) with AJ Gonzalez

AJ Gonzalez of The Director’s Wall podcast is the guest co-host for a conversation about Vanilla Sky, Abre Los Ojo, Cameron Crowe, Tom Cruise, millenial mindfuck cinema & The Who’s unfinished sci-fi rock opera “Lifehouse”.

Written & Directed by Cameron Crowe based upon the Spanish film “Abre Los Ojos”. Starring Tom Crusie, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee, Kurt Russell, Noah Taylor, Tilda Swinton & Timothy Spall

How is the world wrong about this movie?

From Andras: Nobody ever talks about the profound influence of Pete Townshend on the films of Cameron Crowe. Never more evident than in his “cover” of “Abre Los Ojos” from director Alejandro Amenábar. I’ve embedded my sync film “The Lifehouse Matrix”, which marries The Who’s “Lifehouse” with The Wachowski’s millenial classic.