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Drama Archive
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Jan Dunn (writer-director) – The Calling
In writer-director JAN DUNN’S third feature film THE CALLING, a young university graduate has to make a difficult decision between the comfortable life set up for her and the longing to fulfil her childhood desire to become a nun. Against the wishes of friends and family, she joins a closed order (Susannah York, Brenda Blethyn, Pauline McLynn, Rita Tushingham). However, things aren’t quite what she expected. DUNN chats to film journalist Jan Gilbert about the coincidences... -
Momoko Ando (writer-director) – Kakera: A Piece of Our Life
Kakera: A Piece of Our Life is Japanese writer-director MOMOKO ANDO’s first feature film. Based on the manga Love Vibes by Erika Sakurazawa, the film follows the lives of two very different young women who meet by chance in a cafe. The more shy college student Haru gets to know Riko, a confident medical artist, the more she starts to see life differently. But will that include dumping her two-timing boyfriend and giving her new relationship... -
Warwick Thornton (writer-director-cinematographer) – Samson & Delilah
When WARWICK THORNTON sat down to write his first feature film, Samson & Delilah, he wanted not only to make a beautiful film, but also to highlight the neglect of aboriginal teenagers like his characters who are viewed as nothing but trouble by their communities and government. With six Australian Inside Film Awards and the Cannes Film Festival’s Camera d’Or under his belt, it looks like he’s succeeded. My Movie Mundo caught up with Thornton... -
Leonardo DiCaprio (actor) – Shutter Island
LEONARDO DICAPRIO talks to My Movie Mundo about his new movie Shutter Island, coping with dark roles, and working with Max von Sydow. MMM: You took yourself to some very dark places in this film, what’s the compulsion to do that, or are you atoning for having such a great life?! DiCaprio: Self-imposed suffering! No, it was the nature of the material. At first glance, when I first read the book and the screenplay, it... -
Martin Scorsese (director) – Shutter Island
Director MARTIN SCORSESE chats to My Movie Mundo about his new movie Shutter Island, the influence of golden age Hollywood, and being America’s greatest living director. MMM: What appealed to you most about making this movie: the emotional and psychological subject matter, or the chance to mix up genres from the Golden Age of Hollywood… gothic horrors and psycho-dramas? Scorsese: Ultimately I think it’s really both in, and in that order. The first element that... -
Matt Damon (actor) – Green Zone
MATT DAMON, star of the Bourne franchise, joins British director Paul Greengrass for their third movie together, Green Zone, a conspiracy thriller set during the Iraq war. Damon chats about working with real soldiers, working with Oscar-nominated cinematographer Barry Ackroyd (The Hurt Locker), and why he won’t be taking time out anytime soon. MMM: What was the appeal of Green Zone? Damon: It seemed to me such fertile ground to make a film. Once we had Rajiv... -
Paul Greengrass (director) – Green Zone
British director PAUL GREENGRASS hooks up with Bourne star Matt Damon on their third movie together, Green Zone. Greengrass talks to Movie Mundo about breathless camera work, Iraq movies at the box office, and what Bush and Blair would make of Green Zone. MMM: Why did you feel this particular project was right for your third on-screen collaboration with Matt Damon? Greengrass: After the Bourne Supremacy I wanted to do a film about 9/11 and... -
Peter Jackson (writer-director) – The Lovely Bones
PETER JACKSON talks about ghostly goings-on, working with Brian Eno, and his biggest challenge yet – adapting Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones for the big screen. MMM: You’ve described this film as your biggest challenge yet – can you elaborate on this statement? For someone who did that little trilogy of yours, it’s quite sth to say. Jackson: I don’t think we thought it would be as difficult as it was when we started, but... -
Susan Sarandon (actress) – The Lovely Bones
SUSAN SARANDON chats about providing comic relief and what she calls her ‘eyelash / wig arc’ in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Lovely Bones. MMM: You’ve said in the past that your character provides the film’s comic relief. But she’s much more than that… she holds things together when the family seems to be falling apart, doesn’t she? Sarandon: But in a drunken kind of way. I’m happy to be the comic relief,... -
Saoirse Ronan (actress) – The Lovely Bones
SAOIRSE RONAN (Atonement) chats about the physical and mental challenges of her starring role in Peter Jackson’s latest film adaptation, The Lovely Bones. MMM: At what point did you realise what a big deal this film was going to be for your career? Ronan: I think first of all when I heard who the director was going to be, that was quite big. But I think for me I think it was probably after we...