Neil Jordan - Director

Team Deakins

James Ellis Deakins

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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EPISODE 143 - Neil Jordan - Director

Team Deakins has a great conversation with the remarkable director, Neil Jordan (THE CRYING GAME, THE BUTCHER BOY, BREAKFAST ON PLUTO). We’ve been fans for years, so it was a thrill to meet and speak with him. We had some sound issues, but we think the content more than makes up for that! Neil shares with us his perspective on filmmaking and his approach to creating the film. Neil has also had many novels published and we asked him about the difference between the genres of written works and motion pictures. We learn that he loves how movies immediately bring you into a reality without any explanation or exposition. We also speak specifically about his many movies and learn interesting details. A fascinating episode with an articulate filmmaker!

RECOMMEND EPISODE VIEWING: Any Neil Jordan film

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0:00.0	Hi, and welcome to the Team Deakin's podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between Roger and James Deakin's, often joined in the conversation by a guest.
0:14.0	It's very informal, and we never know where it will go. We're connecting through Zoom, so bear that in mind when you hear the audio.
0:23.0	If you'd like to submit a question or topic, please do so by emailing podpod.cod at rogerdeakin.com
0:35.0	This episode is sponsored by Ari, a company trusted by the world's top filmmakers, and known for its innovative advances.
0:43.0	2020 marks the 10th year of the Alexa, an industry standard for digital cameras.
0:53.0	Today, we're talking with a talented director and novelist. His films are numerous. A few are Mona Lisa, the butcher boy, Michael Collins, and interview with a vampire.
1:05.0	We're very pleased to welcome Neil Jordan with us today. Neil, thank you for doing this.
1:10.0	Yes, thank you. Thank you so much for having me.
1:13.0	We'd like to start with just our general question of how you got to where you are today. Was it something you always wanted to do? Did you take another path? How did you proceed?
1:23.0	Oh, I started in Ireland, obviously, I'm Irish, you know, and I started as a writer as a novelist, and well, not so much a novelist, a short story writer, really.
1:34.0	I mean, that's what every Irish person does, don't they?
1:37.0	Storytell us, yeah.
1:39.0	Well, you know, I mean, it's like there were no, in the 70s in Dublin, in Ireland, where I grew up, there were no options other than being on the
1:47.0	dole and scribbling on a little piece of paper.
1:50.0	Yeah.
1:51.0	And I did apply to go to film school, and I got a place in Beckinsfield, you know, that wonderful film school.
1:58.0	Oh, yeah.
2:00.0	You went there, right?
2:01.0	Yeah.
2:02.0	Yeah.
2:03.0	Second year opened, yeah.
2:04.0	Okay, well, I got a place, but I couldn't afford to go.
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