Paul Greengrass
Paul Greengrass
Paul Greengrassis an English film director, film producer, screenwriter and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of real-life events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras. His early film Bloody Sunday won the Golden Bear at 52nd Berlin International Film Festival. Other films he has directed include three in the Bourne action/thriller series: The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, and Jason Bourne; United 93, for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Director, and received an...
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Date of Birth13 August 1955
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The events of 9/11 had a massive effect on me, like everyone, and I wanted to use my position as a filmmaker to contribute something so they are not casually forgotten. By honoring the families who lost those they loved, I hope we can ensure that their sacrifice is remembered and hopefully seek wisdom in the future.
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Films don't change the world, but they can make people talk. And they can make you look at the world with fresh eyes. This movie provides a credible, authentic portrait of that day, and it allows us to draw some wisdom from it. Wherever you sit politically, we are all in that same stage of being wounded and trying to figure what to do next. Those people on United 93 had the courage to confront what we're all dealing with. The question is, do we?
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Is it word-for-word the same? No, of course it's not.
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They were the first people to inhabit the post-9/11 world.
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That final image haunts me -- a physical struggle for the controls of a gasoline-fueled 21st-Century flying machine between a band of suicidal religious fanatics and a group of innocents drawn from amongst us all. It's really, in a way, the struggle for our world today.
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It is not acting. The memory is so burned into his mind.
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They were the first people to inhabit the post-9/11 world. These were the first to react to the worldwide conflict we find ourselves in today.
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Sometimes, those sort of details are not what shows up on screen. It's about what it does to the inner confidence of the actor.
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They all saw it, and they all approve of it.
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It's humbling to bring this film to New York. It's humbling and necessary and appropriate.
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If in this film, it can provoke a little more discussion about where we've come from on 9/11 and where we're going to. Then I'll be proud.
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We expect our movie stars to do extraordinary things, because they're iconic. But to capture the measure of achievement of those people on that airplane, it was essential to believe they were as ordinary as you or I.
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Remembering is painful, it's difficult, but it can be inspiring and it can give wisdom.
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Most of the films that I've written, made in my life, I've written. Not all, but most I would say.