Alfonso Cuaron on "The Witch" by Ronald Dahl
Question:
Speaking of keeping your artistic vision intact, how are you going to approach your upcoming adaption of Ronald Dahl's "The Witches" given that his books are very dark and there is going to be a lot of pressure to make it more child-friendly?
Answer:
Have you seen Pan’s Labyrinth? (Laughs). We have Guillermo del Toro writing and directing this so I don’t think we have to worry about that man (laughs). I think that what he’s going to do… as he says, “I want to do a movie for children, in which they are going shit their pants. And by the same token, it’s a movie that adults can see, in which they will shit their pants.”
(From AskMen.com)
Speaking of keeping your artistic vision intact, how are you going to approach your upcoming adaption of Ronald Dahl's "The Witches" given that his books are very dark and there is going to be a lot of pressure to make it more child-friendly?
Answer:
Have you seen Pan’s Labyrinth? (Laughs). We have Guillermo del Toro writing and directing this so I don’t think we have to worry about that man (laughs). I think that what he’s going to do… as he says, “I want to do a movie for children, in which they are going shit their pants. And by the same token, it’s a movie that adults can see, in which they will shit their pants.”
(From AskMen.com)