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Perth Now
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Ridley Scott reveals the genre of film he still wants to direct
Ridley Scott always tries to "get his way" on set. The 87-year-old moviemaker has helmed classics such as The Martian, Thelma and Louise and titles like House of Gucci in more recent years but admitted when asked about wanting to "fix" anything he has done that he often is just ready to move onto the "next case" by the time one project is finished. He told Collider: "That's a tough question because I tend to do quite big movies. By the time they finish these scale movies, you're like, 'Enough! "Right?' Next case.' So, you're starting to weaken. To me, it's like a sport. You can't weaken, otherwise you're gonna get beaten. I will go to the last dying argument to try and get my way. Then there's a moment where you think, 'You know what? F*** it. Go for it.' But the thing I love about all the platforms, and I started to love about discs, but we're way beyond that now, is my film, which is now 50 years old, called The Duellists. It runs every night online. So, to me, instead of being buried somewhere in some dark vault, it's very healthy to see it out there still playing." Despite his years in the film industry, Scott revealed that he still wants to direct a Western or a musical. He said: "If they're good enough, and you know it's not the moment because everyone's afraid of it, you keep it sitting, waiting, and then come back. So, I have a Western, which is the best Western I've ever read. It was on a shelf of an author who had died. It's from his estate. We tracked it. I bought the script, so I own it, and the moment will come to make it. So, I still have to do a musical. I still have to do a pirate movie. I still have to do a Western."
BBC News
27-01-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Reopened Sunderland University cinema to hold public screening
A university cinema which was badly damaged in a storm will host a public screening for the first time since it was refurbished. The venue, on the University of Sunderland's St Peter's Campus, will show a range of films to celebrate independent cinema and North East of the School of Media and Creative Industries, Lee Hall, said the programme was a chance to "demystify independent cinema".The screenings, which start on Monday with Ridley Scott's war epic The Duellists, are free. The cinema was damaged beyond use during Storm Arwen in 2021 but it relaunched in November after a £1.3m renovation."Our new screening programme is an opportunity to demystify independent cinema and introduce audiences to brilliant films that may not be on their watchlist – as well as some more familiar titles," Mr Hall said. "We hope people come along and discover our wonderful cinema and fantastic films."The public screenings are supported by funding from Film Hub manager Huttson Lo said the body was "delighted" to highlight "north-east filmmaking, past, present and future".
