“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
“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
“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
