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" A few months ago, in anticipation of directing Men in Black 3, I spent four days at Will Smith&amp;#039;s spread in California. We ran together every morning at 6:00 and worked out every evening at 5:00. By day two, I couldn&amp;#039;t do a series of pull-ups without encouragement and some very generous assists from Will, whereby he basically lifted me up and down. I ate healthy food and worked on the film 16 hours a day. Since that visit, I&amp;#039;ve gone on to lose 15 pounds. Sadly, the weight loss hasn&amp;#039;t changed my body shape, since the reduction is entirely due to the only dieting method I know \u2014 extreme stress, causing a lack of eating. The stress, of course, is related to actually directing Men in Black 3. As with all movies, directing this is filled with anxiety and fear. When production shut down for two weeks over Christmas vacation, I planned on using the break to test Microsoft&amp;#039;s new Kinect (a $150 accessory for the Xbox 360; xbox.com) \u2014 and maybe add a little muscle to accompany my weight loss. I figured that competing in a dance contest, pretending to fight in an MMA match, or even playing Ping-Pong on the Kinect would provide a great workout, especially at our home in Telluride, Colorado, where, at about 10,000 feet, just breathing feels like a day at the gym. Sadly, when I landed in Colorado, my sciatica was so bad, I could barely step off the plane. So instead of spending two weeks sweating in front of the Kinect, I sat on my couch and watched while my family used it.  Setting up the Kinect is an incredibly un-Microsoft experience; it may be the easiest device I&amp;#039;ve ever gotten going. Unlike the Nintendo Wii and the PlayStation Move, Kinect uses your body as a controller, tracking action with its built-in cameras, so everyone from my son-in-law to my pregnant stepdaughter to Sweetie (the wife) was able to quickly master the necessary movements. I watched my family play beach volleyball, go river rafting and snowboarding, and do aerobics. But what they kept coming back to was Dance Central. (Sweetie, by the way, is an amazing dancer.) The highlight of every contest was the rapid replay of each player&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;freestyle&amp;quot; dancing. You can use the Kinect for more than just games. It&amp;#039;s great for video chatting, in which the cameras automatically sense the location and number of people in the room and adjust to accommodate them on the screen. It also allows you to use your hand for remote-control-free movie and TV-show selection. Plus, the Kinect system responds to voice commands (e.g., &amp;quot;Xbox ... pause&amp;quot;). It&amp;#039;s still faster to use a remote control, but the technology does seem promising, if they can figure out something worthwhile to do with it. By the end of the week, I gave in and played a game in which I had to wave my hands in a weightless environment, racing to pop bubbles, then bring my arms to my sides so I could fall to the ground and pop some more. Although I didn&amp;#039;t beat my granddaughter, I&amp;#039;m pretty sure I am well on my way to having Will&amp;#039;s body. Barry Sonnenfeld is an Emmy-winning television director and the director of Get Shorty and Men in Black. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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