Interview with the writers behind Borat
Bored by Borat links? Too bad. Here's a fascinating interview with the three writers behind Borat, with occasional guest appearances by Sacha Baron Cohen trying to drive around L.A. As opposed to the "unscripted" label often thrown about in articles about the movie, almost every joke and scene in the movie was scripted entirely, with the writers essentially creating flowcharts of action based on the reactions of the non-actor participants.
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Cohen's 'under-cover comedy' or whatever you want to call it is great for many reasons, but how about all the outtakes you produce that will boost DVD sales to insane levels:
Sacha Baron Cohen: We had one instance where the studio put their foot down and said we weren't allowed to shoot a scene because it was too dangerous. But we only got word of that after we shot the scene. [The writing staff] had an idea that Borat gets lost in Mexico and the van breaks down, the exhaust pipe falls off. And Borat starts carrying the exhaust pipe, and it's extremely hot, he's walking through the desert. He takes a towel, wraps it around his head, and it looks like he's a Mujahadeen operative with a rocket launcher over his shoulder. And then the idea was for Borat to walk across the border and straight into Minutemen.
John Koch: So you guys did this?
Sacha Baron Cohen: Yeah, we did it.
Would you really call this interview "fascinating"? Basically it just explains that the stuff is scripted. Besides the deleted scenes mentioned, I wsa most interested in the idea of his writers putting stuff on poster board for him to read, but I guess that only works in the scripted bits where there is no mark.
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