Black Mirror Interview: Charlie Brooker Talks Twitter
Charlie Brooker talks us through the preoccupations and interests which have influenced his new satirical horror anthology series… and Twitter
Charlie Brooker talks us through the preoccupations and interests which have influenced his new satirical horror anthology series… and Twitter
WhatCulture talks to the returning Hardcore Legend during the Newcastle leg of his UK and Ireland stand-up tour. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Mick Foley…
“She’s the kind of girl that will sneak out of a party and go skinny dipping by herself in the ocean. I kind of liked that about my character. She’s a rebel. She’s a rebel, she just doesn’t look like it.”
“I had no aspirations to be a film director ever again in my life. I made a promise to myself as a matter of fact that I’d never do it again and kept the promise 17 years.”
Visual effects supervisor Scott Farrar explains how he takes the ideas from the comics and the imagination of director Michael Bay and brings them to life on the screen.
His thoughts on the difficulties of adapting Graham Greene’s classic novel and where he feels the film fits in a four quadrant-dependent culture.
Throughout the entire thing he was very pleasant, honest and funny. There were a lot of laughs to be had and he was very physical, he looked very much like a schoolboy, swinging on his chair, clearly just having the time of his life in the film business… as it should be!
What follows is an incredibly frank and insightful interview about the significance of violence, growing up in Belfast, the legitimacy of “The Feather Men”, world issues and the difficulties of making your first feature film.
With the release of the bio-pic ‘Soul Surfer’ about Bethany Hamilton, the inspiring pro surfer who at the age of thirteen suffered an horrific attack by a tiger shark in 2003 which took her left arm, I met with now 21 year old for a chat about the movie and her extraordinary life.
Owen was incredibly affable throughout the interview and very interesting as we discuss his new movie Killer Elite in-depth and the current status of his career.
On Tuesday 20th September, at London’s National Film Theatre, WhatCulture! was very kindly invited to the 2011 BAFTA and BFI Screenwriters Lecture Series in association with the JJ Charitable Trust to see screenwriter John Logan talk about his career.
The in-demand stars of this compelling mixed martial arts drama discuss their intense training regime and a new-found love of UFC itself.