I just saw "What Is It?" in NYC and, yes, he is perhaps mad, but he's not crazy. He did a long Q&A in front of a sold out theater and handled himself brilliantly. Very articulate, thoughtful and kind. I hate to blow his cover, but appearances like the now infamous Letterman episode must be stunts.
His slide show was just as wonderful as the film. The slide show was a condensed version of 8 of his books (I think only about 4 are in print but I'm not sure.)
I also saw the NYC show this weekend. I am still processing the film, but I loved the slide-show and the q&a session. The q&a definately helped me understand the film a little better, or at least, the reasoning behind some of the decisions he made regarding the film.
I'd actually seen him do a condensed version of the slide show AGES ago and it was much tighter. I wish he had approached this one with an eye towards performance more. I felt like he winged it.
I'm still processing the film, too. However, what was immediately apparent was how well he crafted the world of the film. Truly a major accomplishment.
Didn't you want him to explain his thoughts on laughter? He said he couldn't because people got too angry at him. Now I'll wonder forever. Damn him
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What theater in New York did you see it at. We would want to do it at a theater in Atlanta and are interested in perhaps contacting the theater to see what they did for it. Thanks.