Making a film is so hard that if you don’t have your main actors going along with the ride with the rest of the crew it can make your life very difficult.
ALAN PARKERI turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think.
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This seems quite good, a bit familiar.’ Then I realise … It’s one of my movies. It’s a pretty odd feeling.
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Ive never actually watched another director work.
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A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads.
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I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.
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A lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.
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Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black and white movie.
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I’ve had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.
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I’m a pluralist. I’ve always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.
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Well, if you ask any filmmaker how they got into it, everyone came a different route.
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I’ve always been completely autocratic. I’ve never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.
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Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it’s quite fine.
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So fine that the Irish don’t even acknowledge that it exists.
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The films that I do tend to polarise people’s views.
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Film-making is a physically hard job.
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Have a go. Anybody can do it.
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