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Matthew Modine Explains Why Occupy Wall Street Wasn't Used in The Dark Knight Rises |
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Tuesday, 15 November 2011 11:59 |
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"we didn't want to trivialize it."
Excerpt from Indiewire.com Interview:
Why didn't "The Dark Knight Rises" shoot at Occupy Wall Street?
The wisdom of Christopher Nolan and his incredible team was that, while it seemed like a good idea to give [the protestors] an opportunity for work, to give them money, it would send a terrible message. At the end of the day, we're making a movie. What's happening down there is more important than that. To co-opt what's happening there and around the country… we didn't want to trivialize it. It was more important to respect what they're doing than to do anything that could potentially trivialize the political situation downtown.
Considering that your short film deals with the ills of capitalism, were you excited to play a character in "The Dark Knight" named "Nixon"?
I'm not allowed to talk about [the film], but there's a lot of misinformation. I don't know who created it, Read more: |
