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Anand Tucker on His Dark Materials
Source: Edward Douglas
September 9, 2005
While in Toronto to discuss his upcoming film Shopgirl, written by and starring Steve Martin based on his own novella, director Anand Tucker reluctantly answered a few questions about his next high profile project, The Golden Compass, the first part of "His Dark Materials," a trilogy of fantasy novels by Phillip Pullman.
ComingSoon.net wondered how he was going to make the transition to such a big project from something relatively small like Shopgirl. "For me, I don't even think about it that way," he said. "I'm thinking that it's just a movie about a little girl who's looking for a family, so it's still just all about emotions. It doesn't matter how big or small it is, you still have to turn up with a camera and some actors and try to make it convincing for an audience. If you don't get that right, forget it. It doesn't matter how much CGI you have. It's still gotta work on an emotional level and tell a good story."
Of course, many people were probably wondering how the director of smaller projects like Hilary and Jackie was able to score himself such a huge and long awaited project like this one. "I loved that project for ten years, and I tried to option the book when it first came out," he told ComingSoon.net. "I've been passionate about it forever, and I was the bottom of a very long list of people when the chance came in February to try to get the job. I put together a pitch and I hustled and lobbied, and I met everybody at New Line and told them what I felt what the movie should be. To their credit, they decided they would want to go with that. I hope I don't let them down."
In the meantime, Shopgirl opens in New York, L.A. and Toronto on October 21 and expands wider later.
Source: Edward Douglas
September 9, 2005
While in Toronto to discuss his upcoming film Shopgirl, written by and starring Steve Martin based on his own novella, director Anand Tucker reluctantly answered a few questions about his next high profile project, The Golden Compass, the first part of "His Dark Materials," a trilogy of fantasy novels by Phillip Pullman.
ComingSoon.net wondered how he was going to make the transition to such a big project from something relatively small like Shopgirl. "For me, I don't even think about it that way," he said. "I'm thinking that it's just a movie about a little girl who's looking for a family, so it's still just all about emotions. It doesn't matter how big or small it is, you still have to turn up with a camera and some actors and try to make it convincing for an audience. If you don't get that right, forget it. It doesn't matter how much CGI you have. It's still gotta work on an emotional level and tell a good story."
Of course, many people were probably wondering how the director of smaller projects like Hilary and Jackie was able to score himself such a huge and long awaited project like this one. "I loved that project for ten years, and I tried to option the book when it first came out," he told ComingSoon.net. "I've been passionate about it forever, and I was the bottom of a very long list of people when the chance came in February to try to get the job. I put together a pitch and I hustled and lobbied, and I met everybody at New Line and told them what I felt what the movie should be. To their credit, they decided they would want to go with that. I hope I don't let them down."
In the meantime, Shopgirl opens in New York, L.A. and Toronto on October 21 and expands wider later.