A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads.
ALAN PARKERI’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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I’ve always been completely autocratic. I’ve never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.
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I 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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I’m always afraid someone’s going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, ‘Back to North London’.
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I’ve had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.
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Have a go. Anybody can do it.
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I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form.
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Ive never actually watched another director work.
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Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black and white movie.
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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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So fine that the Irish don’t even acknowledge that it exists.
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Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.
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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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It doesn’t matter what the technology is – no one will watch a Peter Greenaway film anyway.
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