It is very sad to make an ass out of yourself. Especially in front of people you want to impress. One of NAICA’s saddest days at Sundance was when we assed up our interview with the cast of Eagle vs. Shark. It was a very, very sad day indeed. We tried to be too clever. And everyone knows what happens when you try to be too clever: you ass things up.

We had just screened Eagle vs. Shark prior to our scheduled interview with Taika, Loren and Jemaine, the director and cast of the film, respectively. All we had heard about them from friends and colleagues was how funny they were. Funny, funny, funny. We like to think that we at NAICA are funny too. Funny, funny, funny. So we decided to stage a funny interview. Since, you know, we’re all so funny and stuff. It was going to be just about the funniest interview ever.

What happened was like the anti-christ of funny interviews.

Maria was not feeling well, I was too stubborn to take over, and to top it off, we couldn’t get any wine at the Airborne Lounge, only vitamin powder, of which we already had surplus amounts of. Needless to say, we weren’t feeling very funny. Turns out the cast of Eagle vs. Shark wasn’t feeling very funny either, or at least they weren’t feeling our “not-feeling-very-funny” funny.

It was a disastrous, pained and awkward interview that culminated with us shouting, “We have t-shirts for you!!” This was shouted in order to cover the fact that we had just given the anti-christ of funny interviews. We also gave them buttons and cards. We may have shouted about those things too.

Later on in the week when we saw the cast again, they were all very sweet to us and at the Native Forum Party I even had a chance to apologize to Taika for our assiness. It felt good. In a funny sort of way.

[Look and Listen]

You can see a reenactment of this interview in the video player at the top of the blog. Coming soon: a salvageable video clip from our chat as well as NAICA’s take on Eagle vs. Shark.