“Conflict between stuff trying to own you and you trying to persevere”
Doing a bit more press for his film Elite Squad 2, director José Padilha spoke with Crave Online about his upcoming Robocop reboot.
He did clarify that the Michael Fassbender casting talk was rubbish (a quote that was taken out of context). Also, in comparison with previous attached director Darren Aronofsky’s vision, Padilha had this to say: “I haven’t read Aronofsky’s script. Aronofsky is a great director. I love his films. I am very proud because I saw Pi in the opening Sundance screening and I loved it. So Aronofsky’s great. I have my own take on Robocop. I know what his take was and it’s totally different. It’s a different thing, different kind of film, even different period in time so I haven’t read his previous work.”
And, once again touching on themes: “Some things change and some things never change. Corporations controlling people are a constant. It’s the banks now, it’s going to be something else 30 years from now. It was something else before… That’s the greatness of the concept. That’s the concept of Robocop in a nutshell. That’s the heart and soul of the film. It’s that conflict between stuff trying to own you and you trying to persevere. That’s the heart of the story and it has to be. Any Robocop that’s worth that name has to talk about that.”
For the full interview, follow this link.
Source: Crave Online
