John Wilson was filming the scene on Park Avenue with his handheld Sony camcorder when I met him in midtown for coffee. He was sporting a “Jeopardy” T-shirt, and I thought of how the la…
In the show’s third and final season, premiering on HBO and Max on July 28, Wilson turns “How To” into something a bit more personal, reflecting on the making of the show, and tackling some pretty heavy topics like how to like what you see in the mirror and how to be honest with yourself. The aforementioned questions might not have made it as titles to any episodes of Season 3, but their spirit is garishly present.
Then I usually I have a small kernel of an idea that’s based off of, like a personal problem — or, like a five second piece of footage I have. Each episode is very different.I mean, it always starts with the title, but the way everything unfolds is very unique for each episode. I’ll usually start interviewing people based off of an idea, but then take the first exit I can find and follow that as far as I can. And retroactively make it relevant to the original subjects.
I didn’t fully plan to get so personal this season, but it was kind of inevitable. I think as I get deeper into these stories with these real people, I then need to go deeper internally to figure out how to relate to them, so that it isn’t just a one-way thing. I try to reduce the crew to just me, so that I’m the only thing anyone is seeing, otherwise they look at other people. So it is a very intimate space. I was a lot more nervous during Season 1, but I’ve kind of settled into it, and it feels very natural. Now, you can tell very quickly if someone wants to be filmed or not.
I still haven’t figured out a good way to say this — I just don’t really like to think of it as the end. It maybe the end of this project with his name, but I’d rather people not focus on that as much. But it’s like, I’ve been making “How To” movies for 13 years. Same format. I started in, like, 2011, but it was much grungier, and, like, 10 minutes each.
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