a b c d Return Of The Moonwalker

Over the weekend I called co-director/producer Mike Maria. He’s in Berlin editing the film, but he didn’t want to talk much about it until it comes out later this year. We talked anyway. Vice: What’s the story behind this film? Mike Maria: Me and my partner Mike Moreau–an American author–wanted to make a film that had something to do with Count Cagliostro, this legendary 18th century sorcerer who supposedly instigated the French Revolution by getting Marie Antoinette involved in the diamond necklace affair [in which the Queen was accused of being involved in the plot to defraud the crown jewellers]. We wanted to do a satire: a crazy comedy about Cagliostro living again in Berlin where he resurrects Michael Jackson because he’s the only force who can unite the masses, the left and the right.

I guess that makes sense. Who did you get to play Michael Jackson? What, he actually worked for him? I gather at some point you changed the film’s title from The Cabinet Of Dr Cagliostro to Return Of The Moonwalker. Moonwalker Michael Jackson would never keep cats in bags. I found a thread about the film on one Jacko messageboard and they weren’t very happy about it. Some of the words they used were ‘sick’, ‘repulsive’, ‘horrible’, ‘disrespectful,’ and ‘evil’. How so? Life Of Brian Right. Why was the trailer banned from YouTube? Maybe some of those hardcore MJ fans flagged it as inappropriate. Ah yes. So, Hitler’s also in the trailer. Obvz! Here’s the official site for the film. ALEX GODFREY