Is he serious?

"To me, Napoleon Dynamite reflects an extremely bold vision, so bold that it alienates some of our august critics. It has enriched my life and brought joy and pleasure into my household... I hope I find in the next year or two that, yes, I too still have the courage and ability to make a movie like that."

--Jonathan Demme to The Telegraph.

I'll admit: I didn't see Napoleon but I'm sure I'll catch up with it. From the looks of the trailers and TV spots I caught, it always struck me as a smug, misanthropic, passive-agressive Wes Anderson ripoff. Apparently Demme saw the Angel Moroni* in that film. Or something.

*= a Mormon joke.