I remember being in a video store in the fourth grade and seeing the box for Kentucky Fried Movie and looking on the back and saying, “Wow it's written by the Zucker Brothers and Jim Abrahams, they did Airplane, but it was directed by John Landis! Oh my God, this has gotta be great!” Or Joe Dante was another name. I remember Stanley Kubrick or Spielberg obviously, but I remember noticing John Landis' name. And I just, you know, didn't care, I guess.īut also recognizing director's names. HADER: You see that movie at a really young age and it's hard then when you’re at your friend's sleep over and they're like, “Let's put on The Natural.” And it's like, "What? The Natural? I've seen Clockwork Orange! There's a whole other world!” (laughs) I remember seeing Platoon at a really young age and Full Metal Jacket, I remember a babysitter showing us Full Metal Jacket or she and her boyfriend were watching it and me and my sister just stayed in the room and watched with them. I saw that movie when I was like 17 and I still felt I wasn't old enough to watch it. We also discussed what makes a “good” film fan, as Hader offered his own advice to those looking to broaden their horizons and cinematic taste. He shared how his parents first introduced him to important films at a young age, the excitement with which he’d discuss having seen movies like Taxi Driver with his friends at school, and the films that first made him want to become a director himself.
Since Hader grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma (as did I), I wanted to talk to him about how his cinematic tastes were formed in a part of the country that's completely removed from Hollywood or New York. That dream became a reality with his terrific HBO series Barry, for which he wrote and directed multiple episodes, and Hader’s also a well-known cinephile, popping up on FilmStruck/The Criterion Channel to offer recommendations and dropping references to Andrzej Wajda while discussing his influences for Barry Season 2. While Hader first made an impression on audiences as a brilliant comedic performer on SNL, ever since he was a kid he’s wanted to become a filmmaker.
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