What was Debbie Harry like?
EB: In 2001, Debbie Harry was making music in small jazz clubs. I told her about the film and that I really want to talk honestly about drug addiction. She okayed it and we agreed to spend a couple of days with her filming how she lived. By the time we were ready to do shoot her in 2004, Blondie had gotten back together. She reunited with the agent, the band, the manager and so when I called the agent – I no longer had her direct contact – he said: “Okay you can have 30 minutes with her.” The funny thing is she was not like she was. She was not ready to talk about everything, she was formatted. I didn’t have much I could put in Face Addict – she was not personal enough, not like the rest of the interviewees. LWLies: In the film it is said that artists in 1980 didn’t care about pleasing anyone but their own community. Is that true of artists today? EB: What’s inside an artist is the same as 1,000 years ago and will not change, but what you have to do to promote yourself these days is an
