More than a decade in the making, eccentric actor Crispin Glover (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Back to the Future) is back with his third directorial effort, No! You’re Wrong. or: Spooky Action at a Distance.

A generations-spanning surrealist tale with a meta bend, the film defies a succinct synopsis. Glover prefers to allow his work to speak for itself.

“I tried multiple times to come up with a one-line for the film. I came up with some things that sort of sounded like the kind of things you see on a movie poster, but I didn’t feel like it was apt to the film,” Glover tells me.

“Sometimes I see those things, and they’re kind of accurate, but I don’t know that it will help. I think it can actually hurt with the audience.” He continues, “Because of the way that I made it, I was aware that I was editing it into that realm where people can decide things for themselves, that will make a truth for themselves, and if I start dictating what that truth is, then that could be a real issue.”

Glover began shooting No! You’re Wrong. or: Spooky Action at a Distance in 2013 but didn’t wrap post-production until this year. Although he’s happy with the reception so far, he may still do some final tinkering.

“I don’t always watch it with the audience, but I’ve been listening to things,” Glover explains. “There’s still some notes that I may deal with before making the film print. I’m doing it as a DCP at this point, so there’s little things that I’m thinking about, just a couple things with sound and with visual, but they really are things that only I would notice.”

He adds, “That’s also part of why it’s taken me a long time. There’s many, many reasons, but I am specific and particular about things in the film.”

Glover stars in the movie alongside his late father, Bruce Glover (Diamonds Are Forever), each playing numerous characters across time. They also collaborated on the script.

Crispin was able to share early versions of the film with Bruce prior to his passing, which is addressed within the movie.

“He saw different incarnations of the film at different times,” Glover notes. “And then there are things in the film that refer to my father’s death, which only happened this March, so he, of course, never saw those versions of the film.”

Like Glover’s previous works — 2005’s What Is It? and its 2007 sequel, It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine. — No! You’re Wrong. or: Spooky Action at a Distance was created exclusively for the big screen.

“I shot it on 35mm film. Color correction alone took two years. This was designed to be in a movie theater,” Glover explains.

“As an audience of film, I really do try to go out to see movies in the movie theater when I can,” he says. “Going out and sitting in a movie theater, the lights darken, and it’s guaranteed to have some kind of artistic merit.”

Glover has been touring with his films regularly since 2005, turning a night at the movies into an immersive, multipart experience.

The evening begins with Glover’s “Big Slide Show,” a dramatic narration of various stories he’s interpolated onto existing books. The film screening follows, after which Glover returns to the stage for a Q&A and sticks around late into the night for a book signing.

After shooting his previous features on 16mm film, No! You’re Wrong. or: Spooky Action at a Distance was shot on 35mm.

“I do like shooting on film,” Glover says. “There’s something about the grain pattern and the way the color adheres to film that’s different from how color is represented in digital. There’s multiple elements about film that are very appealing.”

He admits, “There are difficult aspects with film. Some people would say things about expense, and you could sort of argue that, but you can make films that are definitely less expensive than shooting digitally as well.”

Glover continues, “There are arguments for aspects of digital that can be very, very helpful. I’m grateful for it on that level, on many levels. Digital and film are both fantastic technical achievements, but I really do have a fondness for the beauty of the photochemical world.”

Glover has already started his next production, which is also being shot on film. “I started shooting it last year. I’m shooting on Super 16 monochrome.”

He hopes it won’t be another decade before this one makes it to the screen. “Sadly, my average for filmmaking is one film per 10 years. I started making What Is It? in 1995 or 1996, and then it didn’t premiere in Sundance until 2005.”

Glover goes out of his way to screen his work in as many places as possible, but does he ever see himself releasing his movies digitally or physically?

“Anything’s possible, but I haven’t yet,” he smiles.

Don’t miss the rare opportunity to see Crispin Glover on the road:

• November 14-17 – Mayfair Theatre – Ottawa, Canada
• December 1 – Parkway Theatre – Minneapolis, MN
• December 4-6 – Sun-Ray Cinema – Tampa, FL
• December 12 – The Texas Theatre – Dallas, TX

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