The Face of Time - POV - Aarhus Universitet

102 p.o.v. number 13 March 2002
film, he had played a kind of ex-con and so was a very different
kind of character – a bit more aggressive in a way. But then he came
in and did an audition for me for Kitchen Sink, and he just had this
amazing quality – like someone who had just been born. A certain
kind of innocence that is at odds with his appearance. He just has
such a very strong, physical presence. So that was a very clear
decision.
And then Teresa – I hadn't known her but I saw her photograph
in a magazine. She was looking over a man's shoulder and straight
out at the camera. And I decided when I saw that photograph that
she would be perfect.
Can you give me any details about the shooting, working with Stuart
Dryburgh?
We had worked on another job together when he was the d.p.
[director of photography] and I guess I was a first a.d. [assistant
director] or something. I knew him, from a couple of jobs actually.
We worked pretty closely on the storyboard together. So we spent
quite a bit of time working together and he storyboarded the whole
film with me. He was great to work with.
Probably more than anything that I've ever done, it was a very
charmed experience making that film. Everybody who was involved
just rose to the challenge and came up with something that was
beyond what I'd imagined. The whole was greater than the sum of
its parts. The people who did the special effects, and Stuart's work,
everybody's work hit a level that I hadn't imagined. It was really a
very special experience. Of course I thought that filmmaking was