Always, with any movie that I do, I have a book of ideas that I’ve heard, or seen, or whatever, and I always try to incorporate it in the film.
ADRIAN GOSTICKAlways, with any movie that I do, I have a book of ideas that I’ve heard, or seen, or whatever, and I always try to incorporate it in the film.
ADRIAN GOSTICKIt made me feel very old, really, because it wasn’t eccentric for its own sake, it was just very original.
ADRIAN GOSTICKYou have to invent a book of rules of what you can do and what you can’t do.
ADRIAN GOSTICKIf you are prepared to make a fool of yourself for them then you usually get that back.
ADRIAN GOSTICKWell, Brief Encounter is certainly one of my top five favorites of all time.
ADRIAN GOSTICKI was watching Monster’s Ball, which is a fabulous movie. It’s just a little gem: beautifully shot, and shot in a way I never would have done.
ADRIAN GOSTICKI wanted to make a movie about the arbitrary nature of love.
ADRIAN GOSTICKI think you get better at staring into space.
ADRIAN GOSTICKYou know them so well, almost as well or better than their spouse. You have to know them, warts and all.
ADRIAN GOSTICKI looked at Brief Encounter very closely, to be honest.
ADRIAN GOSTICKWhere you can be in their shoes and therefore be more involved if they’re people that you recognize.
ADRIAN GOSTICKTheir every instinct – and I have to say this is without exception – is to iron out the bumps, and It’s always the bumps that are the most interesting stuff.
ADRIAN GOSTICKSomebody said that I’m a bit like a sponge, grabbing things here and there, soaking stuff up. [As a director] you have to be, really.
ADRIAN GOSTICKAnd the very real danger is that if your book of rules becomes a book of cliches.
ADRIAN GOSTICKThe challenge, really, on any new film is to try to avoid that and achieve a few moments that aren’t cliche.
ADRIAN GOSTICKI think that there are points where you become so close to an actor,
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