Robert Carlyle does TIE a major injustice!
May 11, 2007 15:05:15 GMT
Post by HMV Lee on May 11, 2007 15:05:15 GMT
Noticed Robert Carlisle's unfair comments about TIE in todays Manchester Evening News. I have posted the entire article to keep his comments in context.
BAFTA award-winner and Emmy-nominee Robert Carlyle has been in some of the best and most successful British films ever, including Trainspotting and The Full Monty.
But the Scottish-born star of 28 Weeks Later is less than upbeat about the current state of British film-making.
"Name me one good British film in the last year," he challenges.
What about This Is England then?
"Well, that'll be seen by 24 people and a midget somewhere," he retorts. "It's good to understand that the British films aren't there. I would tell people to get a Sunday broadsheet for a couple of months and count the amount of British films. You'll go weeks before you spot a single one. It's a disgrace.
"It's down to this Chancellor/Prime Minister. He's brought this legislation into operation which has crippled our film industry.
"It's got to the point where films are being shut down a week before they're about to start shooting. I've got friends who've lost huge amounts in earnings and lost their houses.
"I've got nothing but contempt for the man. It's very nice for politicians when a British film does well and suddenly their hand's on your shoulder and they're flying the flag, but they don't give a damn. Because of that situation we get wall-to-wall American product.
"No matter how good or how bad it is, it's gonna be there in the multiplex.
"I've avoided a couple of projects because I feared the worst would happen. This film, 28 Weeks Later, came from an impeccable source - Andrew (MacDonald) and Danny (Boyle) - and I knew it was gonna happen, but isn't that sad?
"The whole industry has changed dramatically since I started out. Films I've been fortunate enough to be involved in like Trainspotting and The Full Monty (pictured right), 10 years on there's still nothing that has had that kind of effect.
"The BBC are terrific, but they're in a situation where they make a drama abroad and ultimately that's your TV licence fee being spent.
"All that cash is taken out of this country and spent in hotels, restaurants and on crafts and services and all because our government doesn't provide the tax incentives.
"It's not about saying there are no good American films. Of course, there are. Ultimately, I believe, certainly in Britain, that film will get smaller and smaller. The advent of new technologies is keeping people at home, people are becoming much more insular.
"They work from laptops and the notion of actually going out into the world to see a movie is becoming quite an alien concept.
"Cinema figures are going down and it's only event-driven cinema that people want - something like Lord Of The Rings that they can't see properly on a tiny screen. It's been like that for the past three to five years."
BAFTA award-winner and Emmy-nominee Robert Carlyle has been in some of the best and most successful British films ever, including Trainspotting and The Full Monty.
But the Scottish-born star of 28 Weeks Later is less than upbeat about the current state of British film-making.
"Name me one good British film in the last year," he challenges.
What about This Is England then?
"Well, that'll be seen by 24 people and a midget somewhere," he retorts. "It's good to understand that the British films aren't there. I would tell people to get a Sunday broadsheet for a couple of months and count the amount of British films. You'll go weeks before you spot a single one. It's a disgrace.
"It's down to this Chancellor/Prime Minister. He's brought this legislation into operation which has crippled our film industry.
"It's got to the point where films are being shut down a week before they're about to start shooting. I've got friends who've lost huge amounts in earnings and lost their houses.
"I've got nothing but contempt for the man. It's very nice for politicians when a British film does well and suddenly their hand's on your shoulder and they're flying the flag, but they don't give a damn. Because of that situation we get wall-to-wall American product.
"No matter how good or how bad it is, it's gonna be there in the multiplex.
"I've avoided a couple of projects because I feared the worst would happen. This film, 28 Weeks Later, came from an impeccable source - Andrew (MacDonald) and Danny (Boyle) - and I knew it was gonna happen, but isn't that sad?
"The whole industry has changed dramatically since I started out. Films I've been fortunate enough to be involved in like Trainspotting and The Full Monty (pictured right), 10 years on there's still nothing that has had that kind of effect.
"The BBC are terrific, but they're in a situation where they make a drama abroad and ultimately that's your TV licence fee being spent.
"All that cash is taken out of this country and spent in hotels, restaurants and on crafts and services and all because our government doesn't provide the tax incentives.
"It's not about saying there are no good American films. Of course, there are. Ultimately, I believe, certainly in Britain, that film will get smaller and smaller. The advent of new technologies is keeping people at home, people are becoming much more insular.
"They work from laptops and the notion of actually going out into the world to see a movie is becoming quite an alien concept.
"Cinema figures are going down and it's only event-driven cinema that people want - something like Lord Of The Rings that they can't see properly on a tiny screen. It's been like that for the past three to five years."
;D