हर बच्चे की जिंदगी में एक ऐसा दौर आता है जब वह अपने पिता की बात सुनता है, लेकिन फिर वह बाहर की दुनिया में कदम रखता है और दूसरों के विचार सुनने लगता है। वह आदर्शों की तलाश करता है। यह बिल्कुल वैसा ही पल है जब आप घर से बाहर कदम रखते हैं।
Every kid comes to a point in his life, where you listen to your Dad, but then you go into the street and you start listening to the views of other people. You're looking for role models. It's like that moment when you step out.
Every kid comes to a point in his life, where you listen to your Dad, but then you go into the street and you start listening to the views of other people. You're looking for role models. It's like that moment when you step out.
मैं यह नहीं भूला हूँ कि एक बच्चा होना कैसा होता है; खासकर उस बच्चे के लिए जिसे कोई नहीं समझता
I haven't forgotten what it was like to be a kid; especially a misunderstood one
I haven't forgotten what it was like to be a kid; especially a misunderstood one
किसी इंसान के भीतर छिपी हिंसा और आक्रामकता अनजाने में पूरे देश के भीतर भी हो सकती है।
Bullying and violence that exists in someone can also be inherent in a nation without us knowing it.
Bullying and violence that exists in someone can also be inherent in a nation without us knowing it.
आपको फिल्म को दिलचस्प बनाना होता है, इसलिए आप सिर्फ इसलिए ब्रश करने का सीन नहीं दिखा सकते क्योंकि आपने ऐसा किया था। यह बहुत बोरिंग है!
You have to make a film and make it interesting, so you can't have a shot of you cleaning your teeth just because you did that. It's boring!
You have to make a film and make it interesting, so you can't have a shot of you cleaning your teeth just because you did that. It's boring!
मैं जाहिर तौर पर वैश्विक स्तर पर सबसे पहले और मुख्य रूप से एक ब्रिटिश फिल्मकार हूँ, लेकिन अगर गहराई से सोचूँ, तो मुझे सच में ऐसा महसूस होता है कि मेरी आवाज लंदन से बाहर, मिडलैंड्स की है।
I'm obviously first and foremost a British filmmaker on a global scale, but when it comes to narrowing it down, I really feel like my voice is in the Midlands and outside of London.
I'm obviously first and foremost a British filmmaker on a global scale, but when it comes to narrowing it down, I really feel like my voice is in the Midlands and outside of London.
अस्सी के दशक में माहौल बदल रहा था। किसी को नहीं पता था कि उनका भविष्य क्या होगा। आज की तरह नहीं था। तब सैटेलाइट नहीं होते थे। बच्चे पूरा दिन बाहर सड़कों पर खेलते रहते थे। मेरे लिए, वह उस दौर का आखिरी शानदार जश्न था! अब लोग वैसी जोखिम नहीं उठाते। हर कोई बहुत ज्यादा संभला हुआ है। मर्द औरतों जैसे दिखते हैं, औरतें मर्दों जैसी।
In the Eighties, the landscape was changing. No one knew if they had a future. It's not like now. There was no satellite. Kids were still out on the streets playing all the time. For me, it was the last great hurrah! People don't take those chances anymore. Everyone's far too reserved. Men look like women, women look like men.
In the Eighties, the landscape was changing. No one knew if they had a future. It's not like now. There was no satellite. Kids were still out on the streets playing all the time. For me, it was the last great hurrah! People don't take those chances anymore. Everyone's far too reserved. Men look like women, women look like men.
अंत में दिखाई गई हिंसा व्यक्तिगत यातना के बारे में है।
The violence at the end is about personal torture.
The violence at the end is about personal torture.
एक निर्देशक के रूप में, आपका काम बहुत तरह का हो सकता है—कभी किसी से अभिनय निकलवाने के लिए उस पर दबाव डालना पड़ता है, तो कभी कोई कलाकार उस भूमिका के लिए इतना परफेक्ट होता है कि आपको बस उसे आत्मविश्वासी, सहज और अपने काम के प्रति आश्वस्त करना होता है, और फिर उसे छोड़कर बस उसका कमाल देखना होता है।
As a director, your job can range from having to lean on someone to get a performance out of them, to someone being so built for the part that all you have to do is make them feel confident and comfortable and assured of what they're actually doing, and you just wind them up and watch them go.
As a director, your job can range from having to lean on someone to get a performance out of them, to someone being so built for the part that all you have to do is make them feel confident and comfortable and assured of what they're actually doing, and you just wind them up and watch them go.
साठ के दशक में मॉड्स और रॉकर, हिप्पोज़ और कैजुअल्स हुआ करते थे, जबकि अस्सी के दशक की शुरुआत में गॉथ्स, पंक, मॉड्स, स्किनहेड्स, न्यू रोमांटिक्स, कैजुअल्स, मेटलहेड्स थे... सड़कें बिल्कुल अलग नजर आती थीं। अब आप शहर में जाएं तो किसी एक बच्चे को दूसरे से अलग नहीं पहचान सकते—आपको पता ही नहीं चलता कि उन्हें किस चीज का शौक है। आप स्केटबोर्ड वाले बच्चे को थोड़ा बहुत पहचान लेते हैं क्योंकि उसकी पतलून घुटनों तक लटकी होती है, बस इतना ही। उन दिनों, लोग अपने दिल की बात खुलकर जाहिर करते थे। वह बेहद बिंदास दौर था।
In the Sixties, it was mods and rockers, and hippies and casuals, whereas in the early Eighties, there was Goths, punks, mods, skinheads, New Romantics, casuals, metal heads... the streets looked completely different. You go into town now and you can't tell one kid from another - you don't know what they're into. You can sort of tell a skateboard kid because his trousers are half way down his legs, but that's about it. Back then, people wore their hearts on their sleeves. It was a really bold time.
In the Sixties, it was mods and rockers, and hippies and casuals, whereas in the early Eighties, there was Goths, punks, mods, skinheads, New Romantics, casuals, metal heads... the streets looked completely different. You go into town now and you can't tell one kid from another - you don't know what they're into. You can sort of tell a skateboard kid because his trousers are half way down his legs, but that's about it. Back then, people wore their hearts on their sleeves. It was a really bold time.
लंदन में फिल्म बनाने के धंधे में हजारों लोग होंगे, जबकि नॉटिंघम या शेफ़ील्ड में शायद सौ से भी कम होंगे। इसलिए वहाँ एक ही पैसे और एक ही काम के लिए हजारों लोग आपस में नहीं लड़ रहे होते। मैं परसों रात नॉटिंघम में था और वहाँ एक बहुत ही प्यारा समुदाय है जो एक-दूसरे का पूरा समर्थन करता है। वहाँ पीठ पीछे वार करने की संस्कृति, भारी किराया, भारी खर्च और तनाव जैसी चीजें नहीं हैं। यहाँ हम स्वतंत्र फिल्मकार हैं और हममें एक-दूसरे के लिए भाईचारे की एक प्यारी सी भावना है।
In London, there must be thousands of people in the business of making films, whereas in Nottingham or Sheffield, you're probably talking about below a hundred. So there aren't thousands of people scrapping for the same money and for the same jobs. I went out in Nottingham the other night and there's a really beautiful community of people who are really supportive. It's not this back-stabbing thing, high-rent, high-cost, high-tension. Up here we are independent filmmakers and there's a lovely sense of camaraderie.
In London, there must be thousands of people in the business of making films, whereas in Nottingham or Sheffield, you're probably talking about below a hundred. So there aren't thousands of people scrapping for the same money and for the same jobs. I went out in Nottingham the other night and there's a really beautiful community of people who are really supportive. It's not this back-stabbing thing, high-rent, high-cost, high-tension. Up here we are independent filmmakers and there's a lovely sense of camaraderie.
अगर आप उस दौर पर नजर डालें, तो अस्सी के दशक को कभी भी कूल नहीं माना गया। आप उसके संगीत के बारे में सोचिए, उसमें हमेशा एक अजीब सा भद्दापन होता है क्योंकि हर कोई इतना अजीब दिखता है। यहाँ तक कि नब्बे का दशक, द स्टोन रोज़ेज़ और दूसरे बैंड्स के साथ, अस्सी के दशक से ज्यादा कूल था। यह दौर अपनी पहचान बनाने से चूक गया! साठ का दशक हमेशा से कूल रहा है, तब भी। वह मेरे डैड का दौर था और मुझे हमेशा उससे जलन होती थी। लेकिन अब, एक वयस्क के रूप में पीछे मुड़कर देखने पर लगता है कि हम इस पागलपन से भरे दौर का हिस्सा थे। यह इतिहास में एक ही जगह पर मौजूद रहने वाले सांस्कृतिक समूहों (ट्राइब्स) का सबसे बड़ा हुजूम था।
If you look back on the period, the 1980s has never been seen as cool. You think of the music, and it always has a kitsch quality to it because everyone looks so ridiculous. Even the Nineties, with The Stone Roses and other bands, was cool before the Eighties. It really missed the boat! The Sixties was always cool, even then. That was my Dad's era and I was always jealous of that. But now, as an adult, looking back, we were part of this mental time. It was the most enormous amount of tribes that could have ever existed in one place.
If you look back on the period, the 1980s has never been seen as cool. You think of the music, and it always has a kitsch quality to it because everyone looks so ridiculous. Even the Nineties, with The Stone Roses and other bands, was cool before the Eighties. It really missed the boat! The Sixties was always cool, even then. That was my Dad's era and I was always jealous of that. But now, as an adult, looking back, we were part of this mental time. It was the most enormous amount of tribes that could have ever existed in one place.
इराक युद्ध में जाने के विरोध में जितने लोग थे, उतने फॉकलैंड्स युद्ध के समय नहीं थे... लेकिन एक ब्रिटिश नागरिक के रूप में मैं जो शर्म महसूस करता हूँ, वह यह है कि इस युद्ध को मीडिया में ऐसे दिखाया गया जैसे यह वर्ल्ड कप की गर्मियाँ हों। जैसे जब इंग्लैंड वर्ल्ड कप में उतरता है, तो अखबारों पर यूनियन जैक (ब्रिटिश झंडा) छपे होते हैं, और उस समय की सुर्खियाँ बिल्कुल वैसी ही थीं। आखिरकार, मुझे ITN के उन आर्काइव फुटेज को देखने का मौका मिला—जो टेलीविजन पर नहीं दिखाए गए थे—जिन्हें हम दुश्मन मानकर लड़ रहे थे, और वह बेहद शर्मनाक था। वह एक तरह की गुंडागर्दी थी। वह वाक़ये में बहुत डरावना था। हम उस जीत पर कैसे गर्व महसूस कर सकते थे?
There were more people against going into Iraq than there were going into the Falklands... but the shame I carry as a British resident, was that it was a war handled in the media as if it were a World Cup summer. Like when England go into the World Cup, there are Union Jacks on the papers, and you can look at headlines from the time and it sounded just like that. Ultimately, I was privy to footage from ITN archives - that wasn't shown on television - of the people we were fighting, and it was shameful. It was bullying. It was really horrible. How could we have been proud of winning that?
There were more people against going into Iraq than there were going into the Falklands... but the shame I carry as a British resident, was that it was a war handled in the media as if it were a World Cup summer. Like when England go into the World Cup, there are Union Jacks on the papers, and you can look at headlines from the time and it sounded just like that. Ultimately, I was privy to footage from ITN archives - that wasn't shown on television - of the people we were fighting, and it was shameful. It was bullying. It was really horrible. How could we have been proud of winning that?
मुझे लगता है कि मेरा सपना हमेशा लंदन से बाहर रहकर काम करने का रहा है। जाहिर है कि 10 साल पहले, जब मैंने शुरुआत की थी, फिल्म जगत का परिदृश्य बिल्कुल अलग था। क्रू या कास्ट में किसी काम के सिलसिले में मिलने का मतलब हमेशा मेरे लिए लंदन की यात्रा करना होता था। लेकिन अब इसमें काफी नाटकीय बदलाव आया है। आप लंदन की दुनिया से पूरी तरह कटकर नहीं रह सकते, लेकिन चीजें बहुत हद तक बदल चुकी हैं।
I suppose my dream was always about existing outside of London. Obviously the film world 10 years ago, when I first kicked off, was a very different landscape. Meeting anyone for a job on the crew, and on the cast, always meant a trip to London for me. But it's changed quite dramatically. You can't completely exist outside of what's down there, but things have changed massively.
I suppose my dream was always about existing outside of London. Obviously the film world 10 years ago, when I first kicked off, was a very different landscape. Meeting anyone for a job on the crew, and on the cast, always meant a trip to London for me. But it's changed quite dramatically. You can't completely exist outside of what's down there, but things have changed massively.