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By Moe
Filed in: Chris Weitz, Interviews, New Moon
Nov 02 2009

In a recent interview with New Moon director Chris Weitz, he revealed some of his muses for the film and where his inspirations came from when he was crafting New Moon.

Little did you know there is an educational lesson on history of cinema tucked away inside a teensy little movie you might have heard of called “New Moon.”

When the soundtrack for the film was on its way out, we got a similar lesson on previous generation’s soundtracks from OK Go and Lykke Li. OK Go said the hype surrounding the music in “New Moon” reminded them of their experience when “Pretty in Pink” first came out. For Lykke, it was Baz Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet.”

Director Chris Weitz had a similar sort of inspiration when he was crafting “New Moon,” though his stretched back to far before the ’80s. In a recent interview with Chris, he told us some of his muses for the film. We have detailed them below so everyone can go into the cinema and watch the movie with an enlightened mind.

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