“Hopefully, if I have done my job right, people will want to know and see more! There is certainly plenty more to tell. I would love to be part of that process of expanding on the lore that makes up Warcraft, but it will all depend on what you, the audience, think of our first film!” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantFirstsDoneJobsFilmProcessAudienceDependsPlentyHopefullyExpanding Author:Duncan Jones
“I was doing the promotion for Moon in LA at the same time that Tony Scott was there with [The Taking of] Pelham 123. But obviously he was so concentrating on his own film that he didn't even know I was doing a feature film.” KnowsFilmMoonFeaturesPromotionConcentrating Author:Duncan Jones
“Bill Pearson is definitely a man to talk to, especially in the afternoon when he's had a couple of drinks because he's got so many stories and anecdotes.” MenStoriesCoupleDrinkBillsAfternoonAnecdotes Author:Duncan Jones
“The beauty of science fiction is its open canvas. You can hypothesize about any element of the world. It doesn't have to be laser battles and things exploding, you can be JG Ballad and maybe just change one little thing about the real world and that becomes science fiction.” WorldLittlesRealFictionBattleElementsScience FictionLittle ThingsReal WorldCanvasBalladsExplodingLasers Author:Duncan Jones
“We can't tell particularly smart stories if we want to keep our audience big enough to pay for these big spectacle films that we want to do.” IfsWantEnoughStoriesBigsFilmPayAudienceSmart Author:Duncan Jones
“For me, two of my favourite science fiction films are Blade Runner, which is fantastic, and Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys. Both of those were smart science fiction films hitting more of a medium budget, and I desperately hope there is an audience for that kind of film because I would love that to be my next film, on that kind of scale.” KindTwoFilmNextFictionAudienceSmartScience FictionScalesMediumsFantasticBudgetsTwelveFavouriteHittingRunnersMonkeysBladesBlade Runner Author:Duncan Jones
“I think that idea of being far away from the people that you love is something that everyone can relate to.” PeopleThinkingIdeasLove IsRelateFar Away Author:Duncan Jones
“Here in the UK the audience immediately reacts and they get the fact that: "What would be the most annoying thing in the world?" A Chesney Hawkes alarm clock!” WorldFactsWould BeAudienceClockAnnoyingAlarmsAlarm ClocksAnnoying Things Author:Duncan Jones
“I've worked really hard to build up a career on my own. I turned 30 recently and it took me a long time to get the chance to make a feature film and do it on my own terms.” LongHardFilmTermChanceMy OwnCareersLong TimeFeatures Author:Duncan Jones
“Obviously, there's a big homage to Outland in Moon. I obviously had Ridley Scott's response, which was great. But Peter Hyams really loved Moon and was really enthusiastic about it. He was also enthusiastic about the fact we'd remembered Outland and had remembered it fondly. I think, for him, it was like some kind of edification that there were people out there who loved his film. So, that was a really lovely feeling.” PeopleThinkingKindFactsFeelingsBigsFilmMoonResponseLovelyRememberedPeterEnthusiasticHomageEdification Author:Duncan Jones
“I was massively jealous but also excited when Tarantino did Inglourious Basterds, I'm a huge guys on a mission fan. Those kind of movies.” KindGuyFansHugeExcitedMissionsJealousTarantino Author:Duncan Jones
“Sometimes there's a disjoint between what works on the page and what works with visual story telling.” SometimesStoriesPagesVisuals Author:Duncan Jones
“I want to have the illegitimate child of independent film making and the budget to make it. That's my aspiration.” WantChildrenFilmIndependentBudgetsAspirationIndependent FilmIllegitimate Child Author:Duncan Jones
“You go through different stages when you're working on the music in film. At least, I do. You have a temp score, so you have music from other people, usually from other movies, to give you a sense of what the mood is supposed to be, what the atmosphere is.” PeopleGivingDifferentFilmStageMoodSupposed To BeAtmosphereScore Author:Duncan Jones
“I think I was brought up with games and I don't think that they're just Pac-Man or Space Invaders. I think we've moved on, I think that there are stories being told and worlds being explored.” ThinkingMenWorldStoriesGamesSpaceMovedMoved OnInvadersPacsSpace Invaders Author:Duncan Jones
“When I was a kid and I was being introduced to science fiction by watching movies with my Dad, Kubrick is one of those guys that we used to watch, you know, I watched Clockwork Orange at an age that was incredibly inappropriate, but he sat there with me and he explained what was going on and you know, I came to appreciate it even if I was terrified at the time.” IfsKnowsKidsAgeUsedGuyFictionWatchesDadAppreciateScience FictionMy DadSatTerrifiedOrangeInappropriateClockwork Author:Duncan Jones
“You are spending millions and millions of dollars of other peoples money when you make a movie. You have to at least approach it in a way where you can see how you can make that money back for the people who are investing.” PeopleWayMillionsApproachDollarsInvestingSpending Author:Duncan Jones
“Every film I try and make it the way I see it in my head, and it really just depends on the script and the people I'm working with or whatever interests me at that particular time.” PeopleWayTryingFilmInterestParticularDependsScripts Author:Duncan Jones
“I think there is also a certain degree of expectation that's set up by trailers, where even if you know what's going to happen in parts of the film based on the trailer, you almost anticipate and look forward to those moments based on having seen the trailer.” IfsThinkingKnowsLooksMomentsHappensFilmCertainDegreesExpectationsAnticipateTrailers Author:Duncan Jones
“You know, in an ideal world, people would just be intrigued and go and see a film without knowing anything about it, because that's where you're going to have the most experience of a film, the biggest, the most revelation of a film. But at the same time, I think there are benefits of having seen a trailer where you actually look forward to seeing moments in a film knowing that they're coming up. I don't know which is better.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldLooksMomentsFilmKnowingSeeingBenefitsIdealsRevelationsIntriguedTrailersIdeal World Author:Duncan Jones
“There are things which need to be shown in the trailer in order to let the audience know what kind of film it is that they're going to be expecting to see.” KnowsNeedsKindFilmOrderAudienceExpectingTrailers Author:Duncan Jones
“One of the biggest changes for me on a practical level of shooting the film was having a second unit.” FilmLevelsPracticalsShootingUnits Author:Duncan Jones
“Everyone wants to know what you want to work on and everyone wants to pitch you what they're working on. And that's just part of the process. And hopefully, at some point you find someone of like minds and you make a film.” KnowsWantMindFilmProcessWhat You WantHopefully Author:Duncan Jones
“I'm not Akira Kurosawa. He used to write...He used to write a completely new spec script over a couple of nights. I'm not like that. It takes me a long time to put a film together that I want to make.” WantWritingLongTogetherFilmUsedNightCoupleLong TimeScriptsTake MeSpecsKurosawa Author:Duncan Jones
“I've been working my way to doing my first feature film for about ten years. So I went through the commercials route and some people come from a theatrical background and some people come from a writing background, but I directed commercials” PeopleWayWritingYearsFirstsFilmTenBackgroundsMy WayFeaturesRoutesTheatrical Author:Duncan Jones
“I had a real comfort with being on a set and in particular working with special effects and because of that background, it became much easier for me to base a first time feature film on a low budget cause I was sort of already knew how to do that.” FirstsRealFilmCausesSpecialEffectsParticularEasierComfortLowsFirst TimeBackgroundsBudgetsFeaturesSpecial Effects Author:Duncan Jones
“When I said that something was going to cost a certain amount of money, I actually knew what I was talking about. The biggest problem that we were having on the financing front was people with lots of money saying "you need more money to make this film [Moon]," and us saying "no this is the first feature film we want to do it at a budget where we sort of prove ourselves at the starting end of making feature films; we can do this for $5 million." That is where the convincing part between me and Stuart came, we had to convince people with money that we could do it for that budget.” PeopleWantNeedsFirstsSaidEndsProblemFilmCertainCan DoTalkingMillionsFrontsAmountCostMoonProveStartingBudgetsFeaturesConvinceMore MoneyLots Of MoneyConvincingSaying NoFinancing Author:Duncan Jones
“When we first made this whole idea this was going to be calling card film [Moon] and it was going to give the opportunity to make my first feature film. But it turned out a lot better, we just couldn't stop ourselves from going into it, and we are very proud that it turned into something that people wanted to see.” PeopleGivingFirstsMadeIdeasWholeWantedFilmOpportunityProudCallingMoonCardsFeatures Author:Duncan Jones
“I think we tried to make a film [Moon] that was about human beings as opposed to going from one special effects set piece to the next one, which is what a lot of science fiction films these days do.” ThinkingHumansFilmNextHuman BeingsFictionPiecesSpecialEffectsMoonScience FictionThese DaysThe Next OneSpecial Effects Author:Duncan Jones
“The films that I loved growing up were the science fiction films from the late seventies and early eighties [films], which were more about the people and how they are affected by the environments that they are in. Whether they are sort of futuristic or alien of whatever they are; that was the science fiction that I loved. So that is what we tried to make, the sort of film that felt like those old films.” PeopleFilmFeltFictionGrowing UpEnvironmentGrowingLateScience FictionAliensAffectedSeventiesEightyFuturistic Author:Duncan Jones
“And as a first time director I needed to work with someone that I felt comfortable with, and that I could get along with. It was a perfect match [with Sam Rockwell]; I am so thrilled I got to work with him. He is a really nice and incredible guy.” FirstsGuyFeltPerfectNiceNeededDirectorsComfortableFirst TimeIncrediblesReally NicePerfect Match Author:Duncan Jones
“We rehearsed for a bit for an Indie film, which is kind of unusual, we had a week of rehearsals before we actually shot the films so we were able to really break down the script and kind of work through all of the improvisational things that he wanted to do, so he had a chance to really feel his way through before we actually shot it and I think that helped a lot.” ThinkingWayFeelsKindAbleWantedFilmBitsChanceBreakWeekShotsScriptsUnusualBreaking DownRehearsalIndie Films Author:Duncan Jones
“I think that I would like to have that kind of a budget [hundreds millions dollars] and I think the reasons for it are it gives you more time and it gives you the opportunity to be more ambitious with what you want to do with the camera and also how a scene works. I wouldn't want to direct those kinds of scripts.” ThinkingWantGivingKindReasonOpportunityMillionsSceneDirectCamerasDollarsScriptsWhat You WantBudgetsMore TimeAmbitious Author:Duncan Jones
“My biggest difference with our film and those kinds of science fiction films is that they are going from one special effect set piece to the next, what we were doing was more of a character study. And I think that is the freedom that you get by doing an Indie film. You can only really do that with a lower budget. So I understand where the conflict is between those two priorities.” ThinkingKindTwoCharacterFilmNextDifferencesFictionStudyPiecesSpecialEffectsConflictScience FictionPrioritiesBudgetsSpecial EffectsIndie Films Author:Duncan Jones
“Maybe there is a sort of a sweet middle ground there, where you can do something with something with like 20 to 40 million and do something which is much more character driven, but still create a sort of visual spectacle around it. That is what I'd like to do.” StillsCharacterCan DoMillionsMiddleSweetDrivenVisualsCan Do SomethingMiddle Ground Author:Duncan Jones
“I want to do my Blade Runner, which is like a future Berlin film, which is like a thriller, but it's much deeper characters, I think.” ThinkingWantCharacterFilmDeeperRunnersBladesBerlinThrillersBlade Runner Author:Duncan Jones
“I played lots of games and I was a fan of gaming, so I was always looking for new games.” GamesFansGaming Author:Duncan Jones
“I was also a science fiction and fantasy fan, growing up, in games and books and movies. I love Tolkien and I love Dungeons & Dragons, so the opportunity to have a fantasy-based RTS, or real time strategy game, at that time, seemed cool. I started playing it, and the early games were simple, but fun and they had these great heroes.” BookRealOpportunityGamesFunSimpleFictionFantasyGrowing UpGrowingFansHeroStrategyScience FictionDragonsDungeonsBooks And MoviesGreat HeroScience Fiction And Fantasy Author:Duncan Jones
“When Peter Jackson did The Lord of the Rings trilogy with Fellowship of the Ring, not everyone had read Tolkien, and yet somehow with that scope and the spectacle of that fantasy, people were willing to give it a shot. And when they watched the first one, the characters drew them in and they started understanding the story. And then, all of a sudden, they were The Lord of the Rings fans, even if they never read Tolkien.” PeopleIfsGivingFirstsCharacterStoriesUnderstandingLordFantasyFansWillingShotsRingsPeterScopeFellowshipFellowship Of The RingTrilogies Author:Duncan Jones
“Fantasy films tend to skew towards what Tolkien fantasy was, which is that the humans, the Hobbits and the cute creatures are the good guys, and everything that's ugly are the bad guys.” HumansFilmGuyFantasyCreaturesUglyCuteBad GuysGood GuyFantasy Films Author:Duncan Jones
“One of the things I think is unique and signature about Blizzard is that whenever they do their games, and with Warcraft in particular, they take the things they love and put a twist on it. They showed that heroes can come from the most unexpected places, and as a player, you can play as a hero, on all sides.” ThinkingPlayGamesSidesPlayerParticularHeroUniqueUnexpectedTwistsSignaturesBlizzardUnexpected Places Author:Duncan Jones
“You have to be flexible enough to realize that, over the course of making a film for three and a half years, things are going to slightly change and drift, as you work out solutions to each problem as they come up.” YearsEnoughProblemFilmThreeCoursesRealizingHalfSolutionsCome UpWork OutFlexibleHalf A Year Author:Duncan Jones
“The thing is that Warcraft has so much story available to it. For the fans, there are some key stories they really want to see on screen. I won't be doing those.” WantStoriesFansKeysAvailableScreens Author:Duncan Jones
“That definitely I feel is part of my generation: social networking, communication over the Internet, whether it's Skype or IRC or some form of text-based chat, text messaging.” FeelsFormSocialGenerationsCommunicationInternetNetworkingMy GenerationSocial NetworkingSocial NetworkSkypeText Messaging Author:Duncan Jones
“There is this whole level of communication that I think our generation and younger is used to that does have this weird effect on people. It creates a familiarity that is possibly not always justified. I think that's interesting and I think it's nice to be able to incorporate it into films, because most of us can relate to that now.” PeopleThinkingDoeWholeAbleFilmUsedInterestingLevelsNiceGenerationsEffectsCommunicationRelateJustifiedFamiliarityOur Generation Author:Duncan Jones
“You do look at a lot of movies and many characters seem to be interchangeable.” LooksCharacterSeems Author:Duncan Jones
