After two films about misfits, Dublin director Lenny Abrahamson's latest, What Richard Did, concerns the city's gilded youth. He explains why
Cinema legend loves the rise of a film-school rookie with a camera, a megaphone and a maxed-out credit card, but that is not Lenny Abrahamson's story. When he made his 2004 debut, Adam and Paul, he was already in his late 30s, with an abandoned PhD in philosophy and a career in commercials behind him. "I'm a bit of a late developer generally," he sighs. "But the good thing about being a filmmaker is you still count as young all the way through your 40s." He is 46 now, with wispy red hair and soft eyes, and so modest that he squirms visibly when I ask him to pinpoint his place in Irish cinema. "All the taxi drivers in Dublin have heard of Neil Jordan and Jim Sheridan. I...
Cinema legend loves the rise of a film-school rookie with a camera, a megaphone and a maxed-out credit card, but that is not Lenny Abrahamson's story. When he made his 2004 debut, Adam and Paul, he was already in his late 30s, with an abandoned PhD in philosophy and a career in commercials behind him. "I'm a bit of a late developer generally," he sighs. "But the good thing about being a filmmaker is you still count as young all the way through your 40s." He is 46 now, with wispy red hair and soft eyes, and so modest that he squirms visibly when I ask him to pinpoint his place in Irish cinema. "All the taxi drivers in Dublin have heard of Neil Jordan and Jim Sheridan. I...
- 1/4/2013
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
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