Stone Gives Batty Advice for Pi Guy

By Azad on 2001-01-23 16:52:25

In the current issue of the magazine Premiere, director Oliver Stone had this advice for his fellow director Darren Aronofsky about the upcoming Batman: Year One movie: It's all about the script.

Stone says in his interview commentary to the magazine, "Unfortunately, the very first obstacle is that the expectation level on Darren is very high, where he has come from nowhere and made two powerful films one after another [Pi and Requiem for a Dream]."

Stone emphasizes his main point, "How does he maintain that intensity and purity in a form that is very commercial? It can be done. The script has to be as intense and pure as your other two were, but perhaps incorporating more characters into that world and seeing that world with integrity."

Stone added, "If you maintain that integrity in the script, and you fight for it, they'll let you do it. I believe that. But if they really don't like the script, they'll move on, and you'll lose that turn, but it won't stop your career. But it's a big number that you bit off. I mean, in the old days we worked our way up more. Now, young first-timers are given $100 million movies. My largest budget has been $62 million on Any Given Sunday, which was a lot. But stand your ground, and I think you'll win."

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