Michael Jordan: Bazin said the power of cinema is not in montage, but in the long take. And that was all I needed. You don't think the cut is what makes cinema "cinema"? Ok, fine. I'll make a documentary proving you wrong. That's when I told Jason to crosscut between timelines.

Jason Hehir, The Last Dance Director: I told Michael we're not making a Christopher Nolan film here. He responded "we're making an Air Jordan film."

Michael Jordan: I'm not saying the director of Dunkirk isn't a threat. But saying he's better than me? Yeah, I felt offended.

Jason Hehir: Scottie was upset we used rap music during the basketball montages.

Scottie Pippen: I wanted to use EDM b/c my kids like it.

Michael Jordan: Scottie was wrong. And he knows he was wrong. EDM is trash.

Jason Hehir: Rodman agreed to speak on 1 condition: Carmen Electra had to speak too.

Dennis Rodman: She knew me more than I knew me.

Michael Jordan: I didn't want Carmen. She wasn't a Bull. But Phil convinced me.

Phil Jackson: The triangle functioned only because of Carmen.

Writer: Krause said they were making TV, not film.

Michael Jordan: I said "like Twin Peaks: The Return, Last Dance is a film b/c 1 director tells a whole story over ten hours with footage shot years before knowing the episode it'd air in." He replied "that's not a film either."

Jason Hehir: When we finished, I began comparing the doc to other ESPN ones. Michael began comparing it to Soviet Montage films.

Michael Jordan: I respect what Bill Simmons created. What Ezra Edelman achieved with OJ. But I was aiming for my hero: Eisenstein. I surpassed him.

Interviewer: Here is what Ken Burns had to say about your doc

*Hands Jordan a tablet*

Did I write this long thread just to link one last time to The Last Dance post I wrote yesterday? Maybe. Will I link to it regardless? Absolutely. https://akashshetyeblog.wordpress.com/2020/05/20/the-last-dance-if-you-dont-want-to-play-that-way-dont-play-that-way/