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Movie Playlist: Danny Boyle

Posted on Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 by David Chen

I recently got the chance to sit down and chat with one of my cinematic heroes, Danny Boyle, while he was promoting the release of his new film Slumdog Millionaire in Boston. I’ll discuss the movie on a later episode of Slashfilm’s movie podcast (it is my favorite film of the year) but in the meantime, here’s some audio from the interview, where we talk about some of Boyle’s inspirations and his favorite films.

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00:00 What are some of your favorite movies?
00:30 Apocalypse Now
01:50 The five-hour version of Apocalypse Now
02:20 Nick Roeg, Walkabout, Don’t Look Now, The Man Who Fell To Earth, Bad Timing, Eureka
03:20 The Uncertainty of Narrative
04:10 Bollywood Inspirations
05:40 Satya
06:00 Company, Black Friday
06:20 Nick Park
06:55 The Wrong Trousers, Apocalypto
08:08 Which filmmakers inspired you to get into film?

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marcomc2

David. You. Bastard.

Im sorry. Im just incredibly jealous. Must've been incredible.

The Playlist

Nice. Love Nicolas Roeg. Didn't realize he was a fan.

Paul Walter Hauser

As a kid, I was inspired by people like Frank Capra and Rob Reiner.

As I grew older, I loved Martin Scorcese and Jim Sheridan.

Currently, comedy is my life and for that I look to people like David Wain, Judd Apatow, Todd Phillips, and Jon Favrea.

Rohit Iyer

Wow. I'm surprised and glad to see so many Indian films there (I'm Indian) - most of them Ram Gopal Verma produced. Boyle seems to be a fan - Satya, Company, Black Friday.

Can't wait to see Slumdog Millionaire myself!

Anrkist

Lucky... I'm surprised Boyle didn't think there were any noticeable shots in Apocalypse Now... The one that stands out in my mind is during the scene with the Air Cav coming over the trees and the music blaring. In fact, every scene with Robert Duvall was memorable.

Perhaps I just misinterpreted his statement.

Nick

Good piece, but anytime I see a picture like that I think of this maxim from "Roger Ebert's Little Rule Book:"

"No posing for photos! Never ask a movie star to pose with you for a picture. No movie star ever wants to do this. They may smile, but they're gritting their teeth. "It is the Chinese Water Torture," Clint Eastwood told me. "And 99 times out of a hundred, the stranger they hand their camera to looks through the lens, pushes the button, and says 'It isn't working!' and then the fan has to walk over to the guy and demonstrate the camera and say, 'now try it'. And then it isn't working again. Looking at someone looking puzzled at a camera, that's the story of my life."

In this connection, as Emily Dickinson observes:

How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog

Remember, you are a professional. You are not a friend. You diminish yourself by asking for a snapshot."

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/10/eberts_...

debasree

wow nice
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