When we first decided we were definitely going to start this blog it took me a total of one whole minute to decide not what, but rather who, I was going to write about. If there is one man that I have never met but still insist on loving, it is Jason Schwartzman. Firstly, although not completely relevant, he comes from one of the coolest film families ever: the Coppola's. His mother is actress Talia Shire (Adrian Balboa in Rocky) the sister of master director Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather triology). Jason's cousins include the directors Sofia Coppola and Roman Coppola aswell as Nicholas Cage. He is best known as a comedy actor, making his first on screen appearance in the truly unique director Wes Anderson's second film, Rushmore (1998), in which he played the main character Max Fischer at the remarkable age of seventeen. However he entered most people's radar in his 2010 appearance as Gideon Graves in Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. In television, Jason is the star of a HBO series created by Jonathan Ames called Bored to Death. He plays a struggling writer who on a post-break up depression induced whim harboured by a love for detective novels, advertises himself as an unlicensed private detective. Along with Ted Danson, Zach Galifanakis, a string of absurd cases and a lot of cannabis, the show is incomparable and one of the funniest programmes around in recent years. His music performed under the name Coconut Records completes his unparalleled talent. But despite all this Jason appears to be commercially unknown, the only reason that I can attribute to this strange fact is that the majority of people don't have a sense of humour or good taste.
One of the things I feel positive about after watching endless interviews with Jason is that he is naturally hilarious and consequently, people love to be in his company. Although this clip isn't an interview, but instead an advert for the New Yorker Ipad app. directed by his cousin Roman, I think it sums up why I love him so much. Enjoy.
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