Letterman Returns to Ball State

Letterman Returns to Ball State

David Letterman, the most famous alum to come out of Ball State University returned Monday night in Emems Auditorium.

Letterman brought two very well known filmmakers with him Spike Jonze and Bennett Miller. Miller is known for filming Money Ball and Jonze known for a lot of movies especially Jack Ass. 

Letterman opened the night with his own stand up and also he went on to announce that he would be donating all of his memorabilia from the Tonight Show.

“I think it is really cool that is donating all of that to Ball State, it will be a good addition to the University,” Andrea Hollin a nutrition and dietetics student said.

During the conversation with Jonze and Bennett they gave some good advice and good words for people who might be a T-comm major.

“Editing is filmmaking,” Jones said. “The goal of filmmaking is to evoke a certain feeling you feel to others,” Bennett went on to say.  

They also went into talking about the problem of woman and people of color in the filmmaking business industry.

Letterman stated, “we need a change and have more women in filmmaking.” Miller went on to agree, “It’s a hot issue with any angles of concern.”

During the conversation we got to relive Letterman’s one and only movie scene that he ever did. Bennett and Jonze recreated it with a couple of drama students. 

They both were asked about their future plans with movie making. Bennett went onto say “I’m going to solve all of the worlds problems with a documentary.”

View the live Tweets of the Letterman talk here.