Sci-Fi TV Zone‘s RetroEd has an interview with Chris Weitz and here is Part One of that interview.
The enthusiasm of the fans and their support is really, really wonderful. The lack of cynicism is great! Especially with the kind of adaptations of beloved fantasy and sci-fi. I think with Twilight, you know, they really want you to do well. And they wanna support you as much as they can until given reason to believe otherwise.
I really do hope this one will expand the audience to people who are interested in films in general. Because its a really beautiful shot film, the effects are fantastic. And so, essentially my attitude was, you know, people are gonna go for a really good hamburger and instead they’ll get a kobe burger with a layer of foie gras on top…
… Well, I thought I had to maintain kind of, the immediacy of the relationships and the believability of them. Because I think that film (Twilight) really grounds the romance in the real world. And what I wanted to which is just you know, which is what I always want to bring, from being a fan of old movies really, and of classic films. So there is a lot less of hand-held camera, there are a more longer takes, that the colour palette is less restricted.
… I think the power is in Kristen’s performance which is at the same time utterly faithful to the book, but also singular to her. I mean she is extraordinary and in doing and acting in an incredibly high level basically. And frankly, the werewolves and the diamonds look, and all that stuff – is frosting….
Listen to the whole Part One interview here and lookout for Part Two next week -Tuesday.
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