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A 'monster' of a chat with a 'Jericho' writer

January

As has come to be customary, Jane over at Jericho Monster has conducted an excellent interview with one of the key folks on Jericho.

This time, it’s Matt Federman, an executive story editor (far left in the photo), responsible for such episodes as “Heart of Winter,” “Black Jack,” “The Day Before,” “Crossroads” and “Rogue River.”

He spoke with Jane about Jericho, writing, the strike and all sorts of other things. Click on the above link for the full interview, but here’s a taste, after the break:

You’ve written episodes of Jericho and we all love them. What do you most enjoy about writing for Jericho?

I’ve always been a fascinated by apocalypse myths and the fact that every culture seems to have one. I’ve also been a fan of serialized TV shows, and anything with a sociological aspect to it. Also, making things blow up is fun. You can see how Jericho is the perfect show for me. How many shows on TV can you combine so many genres as we do in a given episode: western, mystery, politics, war, romance, action, adventure…there’s nothing we can’t cover. But the key is, and it took us some time to really learn and apply this, there’s something that makes an episode of Jericho what it is: namely, it couldn’t work on any other TV show. There needs to be an element of something strange, unexpected…and not just for the purposes of shock but in a way that always expands our world.

This entry was posted on Saturday, January 19th, 2008 at 11:44 am by Amy Vernon.
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3 Responses to “A 'monster' of a chat with a 'Jericho' writer”

erika January 19th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Oh we love Jane! Thanks for getting the word out on her wonderful interview with Matt Federman.
terocious January 19th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
This is a great interview!
Yvonne January 22nd, 2008 at 12:23 am
Thanks for the heads up, Amy as always! Another great interview by Jane!

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