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I Was A Very Earnest, Hard Working Boy At School, But My Parents Were Distressed Because I Was Always Bottom Of The Class. But I Wasn't Dilatory, I Worked Like Crazy.

Same Thing With Film, By The Time You've Finished Shooting And You've Really Been Into Everything, You've Touched Up Everything In The Editing Room. You've Gone In There And Taken Little Bits From Everything.

I Also Love Australian Movies. I Love Muriel's Wedding - I've Seen In Six Times. Baz Luhrmann's Best Movie Is Strictly Ballroom... Without Question.

Usually, When Special Effects Get In The Way, It's Because The Story Isn't Strong Enough. If You Don't Start With A Strong Screenplay, It's Easy To Fall Back On Special Effects, Thinking It's Going To Carry You. But It Never Works. It's Just Tiresome.

I'm Not Criticizing Hollywood Because I Work There, I Partly Live There. But I'm Saying This Is The Way It Is, Commerce Is Taking Over Art. Commerce Has Become The Most Important Thing In The Film Industry. Hollywood Is An Industry, It's Not An Art Form, Therefore They Have To Address The Bottom Line. But In A Way It's Sad When You Get A Remake, Isn't It?