The His Dark Materials film director, Anand Tucker, spoke some words on the project in an interview with the Telegraph today. On his selection as director he feels he was, “more than a left-field choice. It's a miracle that I'm sitting here;” and with regards to the possible problems of portraying the anti-religious aspects of HDM he says: “the books are not about pointing the finger at the Judaeo-Christian tradition. They're about any belief structures that try to control people and stop them from being true to themselves. That's why they work all over the world.” Read more.
Tucker Briefly on HDM Again
February 4, 2006
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I'm glad he shares our views on this.
Who are you referring to by \"our\"? He\'s saying just the same thing that Chris Weitz did but everybody\'s falling at his feet! He\'s certainly a better man for the job but let\'s not pretend he\'s spinning any different to his predecessor.
It's still garbage and they're still fudging the issue of religion for commercial purposes. Jes the books are pointing the finger at Christain tradition, in particular, the Roman Catholic demonination. If Tucker does not see that he is a fool but my guess is he does see that and he's spinning the studio line. My guess is that the "belief structure" that tries to control people in the film will be a political system not dissimilar from communism. This will be a shame as the targetting of Christianity gave the books and anchor in the real world which allowed us to relate a little more to a fanatasy tale. There is also a huge difference between religious belief with all, its spiritual connotations, and political ideologies and forms of governance. For HDM to work on film, religion must be the essential form of social control. Otherwise, don't make the films.