I'm The Son Of Highly

In "the King's Speech," Patriotism Is Utterly Contained Within A Historical Moment, The Third Of September, 1939, Where The Aggressor Is Clear, The Fight Is Clear, It Hasn't Become Complicated Over Time.

American Movies Are Often Very Good At Mining Those Great Underlying Myths That Make Films Robustly Travel Across Class, Age, Gender, Culture.

I Was Always Obsessed With Finding Truly Researched Images To Add Authenticity, Out Of That Came Something Totally Contemporary And Modern. Research Is Very Key To My Process Because Over And Over Again, Reality Provides More Interesting Images Than You Could Have Invented.

I Think I Would Say 'the King's Speech' Is Surprisingly Funny, In Fact The Audiences In London, Toronto, La, New York Commented There's More Laughter In This Film Than In Most Comedies, While It Is Also A Moving Tear-jerker With An Uplifting Ending.

The Thing That Fascinates Me Is That The Way I Came To Film And Television Is Extinct. Then There Were Gatekeepers, It Was Prohibitively Expensive To Make A Film, To Be A Director You Had To Be An Entrepreneur To Raise Money.