Crispin Glover Talks ‘No! You’re Wrong. or: Spooky Action at a Distance’ and the Theatrical Experience [Interview]

More than a decade in the making, eccentric actor Crispin Glover (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Back to the Future) is back with his third directorial effort, No! You’re Wrong. or: Spooky Action at a Distance.

A generations-spanning surrealist tale with a meta bend, the film defies a succinct synopsis. Glover prefers to allow his work to speak for itself.

“I tried multiple times to come up with a one-line for the film. I came up with some things that sort of sounded like the kind of things you see on a movie poster, but I didn’t feel like it was apt to the film,” Glover tells me.

“Sometimes I see those things, and they’re kind of accurate, but I don’t know that it will help. I think it can actually hurt with the audience.” He continues, “Because of the way that I made it, I was aware that I was editing it into that realm where people can decide things for themselves, that will make a truth for themselves, and if I start dictating what that truth is, then that could be a real issue.”

Glover began shooting No! You’re Wrong. or: Spooky Action at a Distance in 2013 but didn’t wrap post-production until this year. Although he’s happy with the reception so far, he may still do some final tinkering.

“I don’t always watch it with the audience, but I’ve been listening to things,” Glover explains. “There’s still some notes that I may deal with before making the film print. I’m doing it as a DCP at this point, so there’s little things that I’m thinking about, just a couple things with sound and with visual, but they really are things that only I would notice.”

He adds, “That’s also part of why it’s taken me a long time. There’s many, many reasons, but I am specific and particular about things in the film.”