In which we hear from the director
Joe Wright was part of a group discussion with his fellow BAFTA nominees, published in The Guardian.
JW No different from making Charles II for TV. For me it was very much a job, and whether it would have been my first choice if I hadn’t needed a job, I don’t know. I’d never read Pride and Prejudice when I was sent the script, so I went away and read the book and was shocked to find it really excited me. It felt like a youth novel that had been reappropriated by the fusty literary people - and I wanted to make a youth film of that youth novel.
DB Did you watch the TV series before you shot it?
JW No, and I tried not to think about that stuff. I got some ideas in my head - and as a director, once you get some ideas into your head, you feel like you know a secret about something that you just need to have realised.
February 16th, 2006 at 1:27 am
*gasp* A P&P3 post that is actually written fairly? Can I believe my eyes? I think I might faint….
February 16th, 2006 at 2:13 am
That’s because it doesn’t have any commentary in it.
February 16th, 2006 at 9:57 am
That’s because the Editrix is bored to tears with the whole thing.