{"id":140655,"date":"2014-03-14T17:03:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T00:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=140655"},"modified":"2014-03-14T18:04:10","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T01:04:10","slug":"sxsw-2014-interview-michael-johnson-isabelle-fuhrman-glenn-howerton-on-the-wilderness-of-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2014\/03\/14\/sxsw-2014-interview-michael-johnson-isabelle-fuhrman-glenn-howerton-on-the-wilderness-of-james\/","title":{"rendered":"SXSW 2014 Interview: Michael Johnson, Isabelle Fuhrman & Glenn Howerton on The Wilderness of James"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KodiMichael Johnson<\/strong> gave himself quite the challenge making \u201cThe Wildness of James<\/strong>\u201d his first feature film. Even though it does have a refined, grounded narrative at its core, it also requires Johnson to present that story in hyper real form so that the audience can have access to the title character on a much deeper level, and he really pulls it off.<\/p>\n

The film focuses on Kodi Smit-McPhee\u2019s James Charm. When his mother (Virginia Madsen) decides that he isn\u2019t coping with his father\u2019s death appropriately, she insists that he see a therapist (Danny DeVito). However, it isn\u2019t until James steps outside of his own world, beyond his problems and begins to experience new things like having a crush (Isabelle Fuhrman<\/strong>) and meeting new people that he finally starts to put things into perspective.<\/p>\n

While celebrating the film\u2019s world premiere at SXSW 2014, Johnson, Fuhrman and producer Glenn Howerton<\/strong> took the time to run through the process of bringing James\u2019 story to screen. The group touched on the challenge of delivering a piece that feels real, but has a fantastical component, the natural chemistry between Smit-McPhee and Fuhrman, the movie\u2019s power to remind viewers of how they felt at 15-years-old, and loads more. Check out the full interview in the video below and if that doesn\u2019t entice you to keep an eye out for \u201cThe Wilderness of James,\u201d you can read my review of the film right here<\/a><\/strong>, too.<\/p>\n