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Cillian interviewed on BBC World TV
14 June 2006 at 02:28 PM | by Melty_Girl
[Note: This was originally published by cillianONLINE, which has been inactive since September 2006.]
Cillian recently taped an interview for the June 6th episode of BBC World's Talking Movies program which is now available online.
Presenter Tom Brook asked Cillian if he views himself as "up and coming," and he charmingly replied,
I've been up and coming for ten years, so might as well stick at it. ...I had a great year last year—I worked with some brilliant directors, and I hopefully have learned from them, and all I want to do is to improve, really. And try and make films that are challenging in some way, and interesting, you know?
When asked for his opinion about how Hollywood often spends more on promotion than the actual filmmaking, Cillian said:
Well, it's great if the film is worth promoting, isn't it? It's not so great if it's not. I mean, it's commerce. ...Cinema is that, you know, uneasy mixture of commerce and art.
And when challenged (again) about the politics of The Wind That Shakes the Barley, he drew an important distinction that Ken Loach has also drawn:
...I think what the film is doing is highlighting the failings of the British administration of the time, not of the British nation.
Talking Movies has a transcript / video links page up on the BBC World site. The transcript is approximate, but basically correct—of course you'll want to watch the video. I don't know which I enjoyed more, listening to his smart, down-to-earth responses or watching him stroke his bottom lip, but I'm glad I don't have to choose!
Thanks to LiveJournal's kirajuul for the tip
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