Acclaimed director Neil Jordan has insisted the film industry doesn’t make the kind of movies he once made anymore.
The Dubliner admitted “it’s sad” how Hollywood and filmmaking has developed since he first shot a flick.
“I’m just lucky that I have another muscle to work with. I wouldn’t like to be a purely film director in the current climate,” he told TheJournal.ie.
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“To be a writer-director is the only place to be, I think. Everything’s changing so quickly. Except people still need to eat.
“From where I’m sitting, someone in my perspective, things are changing so rapidly, it’s almost shocking,” he insisted.
“The kind of movies I started making and I’m known for making, they don’t make them anymore.
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“It’s very sad. Something like the Crying Game, that was in 1992 and you could make an independent movie for $4 or $5 million and it could become a huge hit all over the world, it could change the way people go to the cinema,” he added
“That doesn’t happen anymore. Independent movies, people watch them on their computers, and they rip them.”
Despite not feeling positive about the movie industry, stars are still lining up to work with him including Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley who told Goss.ie working with him would be a dream.
