1. (Dr. Forrester) Q: What is your favorite aspect of directing a film? Writing, shooting or editing?

A: My favorite aspect of filmmaking starts with casting.  I love seeing people approach a character in so many different ways.  It really helps me understand the specifics to a character and what isn’t necessarily written on the page.  In my opinion, this is where the real emotion and feeling of a character begins to take form.  I also love production, but I hate chaos, so I try to have everything as planned before hand as possible.  Storyboarding, shot list, blocking, etc., these are all things I like have down perfectly so I can just focus on performance.

2. (Dr. Forrester) Q: One amazing thing that Stanley Kubrick and Lindsay Anderson have in common is that their films repeat extremely well. I’ve seen A Clockwork Orange about thirty times, and I still catch new political, symbolic and satirical meaning every time I see it – and if… gets funnier every time I see it.  What do you think is the secret of a film that repeats well?

A: Well, when you have two genius minds behind the camera that are in complete control of their film, like Kubrick and Anderson, you are almost guaranteed a film that will repeat well.  I think there are a million answers to this question that are all correct, but I think it mostly comes down to passion for whatever you are making and doing your homework.  Also, so many people today make films about pop culture or something that is popular at the time.  Kubrick and Anderson, like you said, made films about political statements and movements of the sixties and seventies.  That is very different than a film about dodgeball (and I’m knocking that film, I actually kind of liked Dodgeball).

3. (Dr. Forrester) Q: What film projects have you worked on?

A: Well I worked a couple seasons on the TV show Curb Your Enthusiasm.  Last year, I sold a TV pilot to ABC that is being redeveloped.  I also went on tour with musician Ben Harper and shot a concert DVD that will probably come out next year.  I have written and directed over ten short films and I’m getting ready to go into production for a film called Bye Bye Benjamin that I co wrote with my writing partner, Eli Jorne.

4. (Dr. Forrester) Q: What are you looking forward to make?

A: I mostly make “dark comedies”.  I put that in quotations because what the hell does a “dark comedy” even mean?  It’s basically a drama with some funny sh*t in it.  So yeah, I like to make dark things with weird funny sh*t in them.

5. (Dr. Forrester) Q: Is there any way we can purchase any of your current work?

A: Not yet, but I will send you guys a copy of some of my stuff.

6. (Dr. Forrester) Q: Is there any way we can help support “Cloudbreak Productions”?

A: Sure, spread the word.  We read hundreds and hundreds of scripts this year.  Where are all the good ones!

7. (Dr. Forrester) Q: For someone like myself, being barely out of high school, and also someone who wants to become a film director, what film schools would you recommend?

A: Chapman University for undergrad and AFI (American Film Institute) for graduate.  Those are the schools I went to and they are both amazing.  Particularly AFI, it truly changed my life.

8. (Dr. Forrester) Q: What do you think is your father’s best movie?

A: Hands down, Mr. Magoo.

9. (Dr. Forrester) Q: What do you think was your father’s very best performance? Why?

A: A Clockwork Orange.  I know it is cliché and I’m actually not entirely sure he would agree with me, but he was truly mindblowing in that film.  He was so natural and pure in that film.  There is never a moment in the film when I see him act.  I get completely sucked in and forget it is even my father on screen.  Now that is a damn good performance, when your own son sees Alex instead of Malcolm.

10. (Dr. Forrester) Q: Would you ever direct your father in a film?

A: I will be in a couple months.

11. (Dr. Forrester, Shep and Marshmallow man) Q: What is your favorite movie?

A: Changes every single day.  Today it’s The Graduate.  I also love the work of Wes Anderson, Todd Solondz, and the Coen Brothers.

12. (Dr. Forrester) Q: What do you think of Kubrick’s other work?  I personally think Barry Lyndon is a terribly underrated masterpiece.

A: I would definitely agree with that.  I also love Spartacus and Dr. Strangelove.

13. (Dr. Forrester) Q: What do you think of Lindsay Anderson’s other work?

A: He is amazing. I have grown a lot as a filmmaker from his work. Find me another director that can pull off emotion like he does, while playing the scene out in a wide shot. Its really incredible if you think about it.

14. (Dr. Forrester) Q: In film school did you ever come across any of your father’s work while studying film?

A: Every class I have ever taken. It’s a little weird sometimes. Especially for the person who sits next to me and half way through the film freaks out because I look eerily like my father.

15. (Dr. Forrester) Q: What is your goal to accomplish in filmmaking? What do you think a work of art should be?

A: My goal is simple. Make films that I’m passionate about. It all comes down to passion at the end of the day. It’s what drives humans to do amazing things. Who am I to say what a work of art should be. Everything can be art in some way. But, there are two categories for art. Good art and sh*tty art.

16. (skyroniter & VanHagar) Q: Did your dad ever kick your ass while singing “Singing in the Rain?”

A: Hell, no.  My dad could never kick my ass.  Even with that damn music on.  I would put on some fast paced rock and roll and kick his ass.

17. (Marshmallow man) Q: What was your first reaction to A Clockwork Orange?  Was it hard to watch your father do such horrible things?

A: My first reaction was “Wow, my dad was actually in shape at one point in his life.”  No, it wasn’t hard. I’m not one of the Clockwork Orange freaks that can’t tell the difference between movies and reality (sorry Clockwork Orange freaks, I love you guys too).

18. (Marshmallow man) Q: Who is your favorite cartoon character?

A: Cheetara from Thundercats.

19. (Marshmallow man) Q: What's the scariest film you’ve ever seen?

A: When I was like 14 I went to this film in the theatres called Event Horizon. That filmed scared the living crap out of me. I haven’t seen it since, so if it's not scary at all then I feel really pathetic right now.

20. (Marshmallow man) Q: What do you think of the movies that are being made today?

A: They are clearly not as good as the films of the sixties and seventies, but I think just has to do with freedom. The studio system is very different now. You used to be able to make a film by one guys saying “yes”, now there are whole committees you have to go through just to get it read.

21. (Shep) Q: Do you know if your father has been contacted about recording DVD commentaries for any of the films he did with Lindsay Anderson, particularly If... and O' Lucky Man?

A: Yes, I talked to him about it a few days ago actually. People have been writing letters to get them released onto DVD. Nothing is definite but I think it will happen within the next year.

22. (Shep) Q: Your parents delivered some remarkable performances when they worked together in Time After Time and Cross Creek. Which of these collaborations is your (and their) favorite?

A: Okay, here we go. I have never seen either of those films. I know, I know, it’s really sad of me. You would think I would see the film of my creation, but I never have. I think their favorite collaboration was Time After Time.

23. (Shep) Q: David Warner--scariest Jack the Ripper ever?

A: Sure…I’ve never seen it. I think my answers to this interview are starting to go downhill. 

24. (Shep) Q: One of my favorite Malcolm McDowell performances was as the arrogant, womanizing Jack Cassidy in the otherwise forgettable David Cassidy Story. I thought he should have won an Emmy for that. What's your favorite underrated McDowell performance?

A: Wow, this really is going downhill, I haven’t seen that performance either. But, I do trust your opinion on he should have won the Emmy. I think he did a really good job in Gangster No. 1.

25. (Dr. Forrester): Thanks for your time Charlie, we all wish you the best in the future!

A: Of course, thanks so much guys! I wish you all the best of luck as well. Keep in touch.