![]() ![]() ![]() Moviehole: What was the most interesting project you’ve ever done? I wanted to make a film resembling “Rebel Without a Cause.” We will be shooting at the John Marshall High School, and the schools are so well fortified, you can’t get out of the schools unless you get let out I have to call security to get us out. Michael Mendelsohn: I’m doing a teenage movie, it takes place in high school and it’s called “Almost Popular.” I’ve had literally 16–19-year-olds reading, and they were using words (slang) I haven’t heard. Moviehole sat down with Mendelsohn to discuss many diverse subjects, from ChatGPT to high school slang to the Holocaust. The film stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Jamie Foxx, Maika Monroe and January Jones, based on a book of the same name by Boston Teran. “God Is a Bullet” is Mendelsohn’s new film, which was also a two-decade project for director Nick Cassavetes. Some of his projects have included “True Romance,” “La Femme Nikita,” “Henry V,” “Reservoir Dogs,” “What Women Want,” “Robin Hood: Men in Tights” and “The Madness of King George.” He used a template of documents from real estate financing for films, which undeniably worked well. Mendelsohn switched to working for a bank, and decided he had more control in the industry by being a film financier than anything else. He was also a reader for Fox and Aaron Spelling. Mendelsohn’s career was a long road to get to where he is today, starting off in Johnny Carson’s mailroom on “The Tonight Show.” He also worked in the mailroom at William Morris in New York, then traveled to do the Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984. Mendelsohn started his career in the 80s in the industry and has been producing and financing movies with his company Patriot Pictures since 2005 - with 2022’s “Blackout” (starring Josh Duhamel and Abbie Cornish) and 2021’s Nicolas Cage-led “Prisoners of the Ghostland” being a few of his most recent projects. For a big-time film financier, Mendelsohn has a way of putting a person at ease as if we were just having a coffee at Starbucks. After many apologies on my part, Michael Mendelsohn says, “And I just got new glasses, just to do the Zoom with you!” I laugh, nervousness forgotten. ![]() The interview is about to start and the camera won’t work for the Zoom meeting. ![]()
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