If you haven’t yet seen the film that won best picture
of the year, and best director, by the amazing Danny Boyle,
don’t walk, run to see it. Danny Boyle has been embraced as
an auteur great by film schools and hipsters for over a decade.
Now, with Slumdog Millionaire, the world has taken notice. Danny
Boyle spoke to the media after his historic win for best director
of one great film.
Danny Boyle talks about this years awards, and the spirit of
independence in the films being honored. He states, ‘I
think that's really cool. I think America is cool again,
certainly for the first time in my lifetime…not because of
this, but I think this is a symptom of how it's beginning to
embrace a more globalized feel of the world. I hope so
anyway.
On Slumdog Millionaire having the subtext of a love story, and
the importance of doing good in life and having love: Danny
Boyle: ‘I think somebody sent me, a mate of mine sent me
this quote from Plato, the great Greek philosopher. And, of
course, the Greeks worked on everything before us. We are just
repeating endlessly in their wake, and it was this quote he said,
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." And
that's just wonderful… it just gets it really. And I think
the kind of films that we have been talking about have that
heart, really, you know, which is a lot of people are fighting
hard battles and especially now, you know, and we have got to
kind of try and use entertainment to entertain them and to
sympathize and encourage them, you know, and inspire them
really….’
Danny Boyle goes on to give mention to someone her forgot to
thank in his speech, his agent, who also reps some other great
directors including Atom Egoyan, David Cronenberg, Baz Luhrmann,
and Francis Ford Coppola among more; Danny states, I just want to
say I did forget somebody in my speech tonight. I forgot my
agent, Robert Newman, and please, if you are in the business, if
there's anybody in the business, please report this. He's been
absolutely amazing, for me personally. And I never write a speech
or anything like that. I think you should always trust the
moment, experience the truth of the moment. And I forgot him and
I apologize to him, and he’s been a huge help on getting
this.’
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