“‘Superfudge,’ that’s an odd choice for a 32-year old.”
[Laughs] Yeah, yeah. Or even like their DVD collection. But I think that when Jesse pulls that book off of her shelf, I think he’s unconsciously — or consciously — looking to drive a wedge between them. And part of the way to drive a wedge is to say, “You read this junk and I would never read this junk; therefore, we can never be together.” I’m sure you can look at it as, “Oh, that guy hates vampire books.” But that’s not the case, I don’t know those books. I know that ["Twilight"] is a cultural phenomenon and people are very passionate about it. My whole thing is that I want to explore why you read books, what’s the purpose of reading, and maybe that it’s not that cool to hate something just because it’s popular.

I’ve seen the movies.
They might be horrible! I have no idea. But her argument in favor of taking some enjoyment from them is totally valid. And I think she wins the argument. And she says that line: “You think it’s cool to hate things. And it’s not. It’s boring. Talk about what you love and keep quiet about what you don’t.” If I’m saying anything in that moment — and I’m not making a message movie here — but I do feel that there’s so much hatred. We are so vocal about what we hate.

It would be interesting if you said right now, “This is a message movie, and the message is that I don’t like ‘Twilight.’”
[Laughs] That is not me who said that.

“All the work put into this movie was just to share my feelings on ‘Twilight.’”
I made this movie to take it down. To take down the franchise.

That’s my headline.
Because the power of indie film can stand up to Summit Entertainment. It’s boundless.

How does Elizabeth Reaser feel about the “Twilight” jokes?
Oh, boy, did she love it. She loved it. She got such a kick out of it. I think that’s one of the great in-jokes of the movie: that Reaser is in the “Twilight” movies. She has a really funny, healthy detachment from the whole thing. I think she knows what it is and she is desperate to do other things in addition to that. Which everyone is, if you’ve been doing one thing for too long. You can talk to her about it, but she got a real kick out of it.

I didn’t know if there was a “the less I say, the better,” type of situation there.
She was not offended.

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