{"id":67123,"date":"2025-09-04T12:15:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/i-like-me-documentary-interview\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T15:15:40","slug":"i-like-me-documentary-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/i-like-me-documentary-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"I Like Me’ Documentary INTERVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On the surface, yes, the idea of making a documentary on the life of John Candy seems like a pretty great idea \u2014 I mean, who doesn\u2019t love John Candy<\/em>? \u2014 but as director Colin Hanks<\/a> points out, well, wait, not so fast. <\/p>\n

Now, let\u2019s quickly note that Colin Hanks would know what he\u2019s talking about because he, in fact, did<\/em> make a documentary about the life of John Candy<\/a>. And the problem that presented itself was, yes, everyone does<\/em> love John Candy. As much as this is a man whose life should be celebrated, watching his friends and family talk about how great he is doesn\u2019t necessarily make a riveting narrative for a film<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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What Hanks deftly does with his \u201cJohn Candy: I Like Me<\/a>\u201d is frame his film around Candy\u2019s anxiety about his own mortality. John Candy\u2019s father died from a heart attack when Candy was only five, so he lived with the notion and mindset that he was possibly living on borrowed time \u2014 something that, sadly, came to fruition in 1994. (It\u2019s frankly shocking to think John Candy has now been gone for over 30 years. Even more shocking, Candy\u2019s \u201cUncle Buck\u201d costar Macaulay Culkin appears as a talking head in this film and reminds the viewer he is now older than Candy was when Candy passed.)<\/p>\n

Ahead, Hanks takes us through the process of crafting a film based on a larger-than-life public figure who still means so much to so many people. And why he almost didn\u2019t make the film because of his own personal history with Candy, who he had met on the set of his father Tom Hanks\u2019 film, \u201cSplash.\u201d It was a history that was so special to Hanks that, maybe, it was best to just remember him as he already did. <\/p>\n

Obviously \u2014 and thankfully \u2014 Hanks decided otherwise, and his film will open this year\u2019s Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The following interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.<\/em><\/p>\n

IndieWire: I had never seen \u201cYellowbelly.\u201d<\/a> It\u2019s at least tied with the hardest I\u2019ve laughed watching a movie this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Colin Hanks: <\/strong>Right? Conan O\u2019Brien told me that story on the podcast, and I was like, \u201cOh, I\u2019m going to have to check that out.\u201d And then it wasn\u2019t until we spoke with him for the film that we were able to track the sketch down, and I laughed so<\/em> hard. Conan says it, the fact that that\u2019s such an Oppenheimer moment for Conan, who is someone that I just admire so much. I\u2019m so glad that a sketch from all the way back then that John was in is one of the hardest times you\u2019ve laughed in a movie this year. That brings me so much joy.<\/p>\n

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