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" ESQ: You&amp;#039;ve said your films don&amp;#039;t mock. So is A Mighty Wind homage? CG: I wouldn&amp;#039;t go that far. You laugh at these people -- but you&amp;#039;d probably laugh at them anyway. In my experience, we don&amp;#039;t come close to describing how weird people in this world are. I mean, there are whole conventions for people who like thimbles.  ESQ: What did the cast do to prepare? CG: Eugene Levy hadn&amp;#039;t played the guitar since the &amp;#039;60s, so he had to relearn that. And Catherine O&amp;#039;Hara and Parker Posey didn&amp;#039;t play instruments. Catherine learned the Autoharp and Parker the mandolin -- and they were very excited to do it. I didn&amp;#039;t have to do much research. When I was a teenager in the &amp;#039;60s, I played folk all over Greenwich Village. ESQ: Is the film based on your experiences?  CG: If I showed what actually happened, you&amp;#039;d never believe it. Just like at dog shows, where people backstage sabotage dogs by cutting their hair off. In a movie, you&amp;#039;d think it was gratuitous. ESQ: Wasn&amp;#039;t filming all the music scenes live pretty risky?  CG: It&amp;#039;s a chance I took because playing live is the most fun thing you can do. It&amp;#039;s way more fun than making movies. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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