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“You can do anything you like - really - but this Sci-Fi is absolutely disciplined, it's Zen, you have to be absolutely focused in an area. You have to zone into an area and you then you can achieve when you get there. It's really weird!”

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Danny Boyle

Danny Boyle is a British film director known for his unique visual style and profound insights into social issues. His work spans a variety of genres, from science fiction to drama, to musicals, showcasing his distinctive understanding and creativity in the art of filmmaking. more

“Basically, actors arrive in a bubble. They have a little sealed bubble around them and it's basically [comprised of] their agents, their last film, their next film, their press agent, and their per diems - all these things, they cocoon themselves with and you have to puncture that bubble on each of them to make them be in your film.”

Littles Lasts Film Next Actors Presses Agents Bubbles Cocoons Puncture

Author:Danny Boyle

“But interestingly Star City's technology is all 1970s - still. In fact, it's alarming because you think, "You're not going to send someone up into space in something that old, are you?" But it works and it always has worked and it doesn't fail and it's incredibly reliable.”

Thinking Stills Facts Stars Space Cities Technology Failing

Author:Danny Boyle

“I haven't got anything against films that are about the minutia of relationships or customs, but I love extremes. I love taking a bunch of characters and it usually is a bunch of characters, and you throw something at them that's usually extreme, like a bag of money, or you send them out to explode a nuclear device on the surface of the sun. And those extremes are wonderful for drama.”

Character Film Sun Wonderful Havens Drama Extremes Surface Nuclear Bunch Bags Devices Customs

Author:Danny Boyle

“It's interesting, the worse things get in cities, the tougher that cities get, the more brutal the humor is. The tougher things people face, the darker the sense of humor gets and I find that incredibly optimistic.”

People Faces Interesting Cities Optimistic Sense Of Humor Brutal

Author:Danny Boyle