Irish - Director | February 25, 1950 -
Well, Company of Wolves was about that literally, about fairy tales.
Neil Jordan
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Why should a horror film be just a horror film? To me, The Company of Wolves is a fairy tale; it's got all those elements plus a lot more. And we know that fairy tales aren't innocent any more.
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The Company of Wolves is about how society teaches young women to look at themselves, and what to be afraid of. It's about a girl learning that the world of sensuality and the unknown is not to be feared, that it's worth getting your teeth into.
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There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?
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And I think I often choose to do something because it's quite different from what I've done before.
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But everyone gets burnt, don't they? Certain things are outside of your control. I suppose the only thing you can learn as a director is to not put yourself into situations where it can get outside of your control. And that's what happened.
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Films have gotten leaner and leaner, cutting out all variations from the story line.
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For me now, it's about what you would write and what you wouldn't write, and that's how I select what I am going to do. It can be quite nice being brought a concept by a studio for me to work on.
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For me, the filmmaking has to be about the dramaturgy.
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I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing.
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I do enjoy working with writers.
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I took two years away from making films to write a novel.
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