Get Carter is a classic, but it did nothing in the United States. It came out on a double bill with a Frank Sinatra western.
William MonahanLondon matters to me because it's the center of what I do for a living and has been since Tudor times.
William MonahanI was particularly anxious that I shoot the tires out of the class system. All it is these days is a hobby of certain masochists, and certain sadists.
William MonahanThey're done by guys who have talked a good game and then have scrambled together the simulacrum of a drama, so actors are habituated to sometimes having to save a picture on the floor because it's usually part of their job, but they'd rather have a writer doing his job, so that they can do theirs. But I like nothing better than working with actors.
William Monahan