Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black and white movie.
ALAN PARKERPeriod recreation is very difficult unless you make a black and white movie.
ALAN PARKERPersonally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.
ALAN PARKERA lot of directors prefer the solitude of the editing process, but I revel in the craziness of what a film set is.
ALAN PARKERI was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist.
ALAN PARKERI’ve always been completely autocratic. I’ve never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.
ALAN PARKERI’m always afraid someone’s going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, ‘Back to North London’.
ALAN PARKERI’m a pluralist. I’ve always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.
ALAN PARKERThis seems quite good, a bit familiar.’ Then I realise … It’s one of my movies. It’s a pretty odd feeling.
ALAN PARKERHave a go. Anybody can do it.
ALAN PARKERRain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it’s quite fine.
ALAN PARKERMost directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.
ALAN PARKERIve never actually watched another director work.
ALAN PARKERIt doesn’t matter what the technology is – no one will watch a Peter Greenaway film anyway.
ALAN PARKERI always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form.
ALAN PARKERSo fine that the Irish don’t even acknowledge that it exists.
ALAN PARKERI turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think.
ALAN PARKER