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[AMY SEDARIS]
When you have doubles on set,

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you should see their outfits.

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They don't get, like, buttons or zippers.

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It's, like, poor people clothing.

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And I always like it more
than what I'm wearing.

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[LAUGHTER]

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[MARCEL DZAMA]
What do you mean?

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This is a family heirloom.

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[SEDARIS] Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah...

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[DZAMA] That's what my dad told me, anyway.

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[DZAMA & SEDARIS, IMITATING DRACULA]
--"So you don't get sick."
--"So you don't get sick!"

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[Marcel Dzama: Making Movies
with Amy Sedaris & Friends]

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[DZAMA]
"Take care my friend."

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[SEDARIS]
"Take care my friend."

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Okay.

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[DZAMA] Alright.

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Action!

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[SEDARIS] Well I'll get lunch next time.

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Sorry the enchilada was so greasy.

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Ciao for now!

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[DZAMA] Making films is an excuse

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to just get a group of people
and have this family for a little while.

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--Cut!

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--It's good Amy!

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[DZAMA] I used to make these films on
a Fisher-Price pixelation camera,

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that used cassette tapes.

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I'd invite friends over

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and we'd make these strange
little art movies,

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or music videos
and things like that.

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[GROWLING AND SCREAMING]

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This is chapter three in this film that
I'm making with Amy Sedaris

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and Raymond Pettibon.

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They start playing a chess game

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and the chess pieces come to life

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and have a dance off with each other.

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There's not that much dialogue
because of all the dancing in this chapter.

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When I make a film,
I'll do these half-assed drawings [LAUGHS]

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of what the sequence will be.

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With Amy, I just set up scenarios
and then let her...

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just, whatever comes to the top
of her head, she can say.

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[DZAMA]
--"Let me introduce you to my better half."

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--"This is my darling wife, Mary Shelly Bellatrix."

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[SEDARIS]
--I'd like for you to meet my better half.

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--This is my wife,

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--mother of my child.

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--What's your name?

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--Shelly...

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[DZAMA]
--Action!

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[SEDARIS]
--"I'm a vampire. I'm a vampire."

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--Right?

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--That's it?

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[DZAMA]
--That's after he leaves.

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--Okay Amy, take it off.

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I met Amy Sedaris
at a kid's birthday party

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of a mutual friend of ours.

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[SEDARIS]
--You know, I think I need a shave.

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[DZAMA] I had done this drawing
for the kid's birthday,

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and Amy really liked it.

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She said it reminded her of this artist, [LAUGHS]
Marcel Dzama.

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[SEDARIS] He keeps giving me art,

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but it's really big
and I can't even hang it up.

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[DZAMA] We hit it off right away.

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[SEDARIS] I love the colors,
I like the drawings,

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I like the characters,

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the animals, the dots.

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[DZAMA] I always enjoyed
her timing in comedy

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and just her energy.

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[SEDARIS]
--This is what I call my meditation room.

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--This is where I eat cheesecake.

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[DZAMA] Anything that she says on her own,

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that is not written by me,

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is ten times better.

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[SEDARIS]
--This is a series I'm working on.

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--I call it, "Je M'appelle White Series."

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--It's all indecisive whites.

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[DZAMA] We talked about
doing a collaboration.

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It turned into this film idea
of a chess match

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between Raymond Pettibon and myself,

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and it was Amy Sedaris playing me.

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[SEDARIS] What is my character?

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I have no idea.

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I'm Marcel.

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I think it's best not to ask questions.

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[RAYMOND PETTIBON]
Visuals tell the story the best.

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I mean, I wouldn't have got
dolled up like this if I can interest him…

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[LAUGHTER]

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[SEDARIS, IMITATING DRACULA]
--You come here!

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--David Z., come here.

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--You're getting closer.

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Is that what you call it, directing?

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He's trapped in a seven-year-old body!

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That's what's so fun about working with him.

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He has that sense of, like,

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"We're just putting on some costumes,
and we're going to go have fun."

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"And we're going to play."

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And then he gets in editing
and figures out what he has.

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He's playful.

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He's childish.

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[DZAMA, IMITATING DRACULA]
There she is, I need my love!

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Where have you been all my life?

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[SEDARIS]
--Cut! Cut! Cut!

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-Cut!

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--What is the deal with the lighting?

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--We need more light!

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--Smokey, what's the deal
with all the extra smoke?

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--I can barely see my dancers' crotches.

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--You at the end, Twinkles,

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--you're cut.

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--Rolling!

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[MUSIC STARTS]

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[DZAMA] And then, after the project is done,

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it's kind of this sad farewell.

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But then usually after filming,

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I really like to spend time alone
and just work on pieces.

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[SEDARIS]
--And that's a wrap!

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--Cut!

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--Excellent!

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--Taxi!