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01-11-2007, 06:40 PM
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In an interview with Metroactive about his new film, Children of Men, HP director Alfonso Cuarón explains how he tried to make Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban have a different look and feel from the first two films in the series. Quote: Metro: Speaking of England, the third Harry Potter movie, The Prisoner of Azkaban, is the best one according to J.K. Rowling. How did you do it?
Cuarón: Guillermo del Toro pushed me to do it. He said, "You need to be clear on this. If you're going to do it, you need to honor and serve the material. If you do that, you'll make the movie great."
Metro: Serve the material!? But your movie had the most personality of any of the series.
Cuarón: We had a great production designer. And we had Rowling. She has all this geography in her mind. The thing that we wanted to do was something we hadn't seen. We hadn't seen all of Hogwarts except in bits and pieces, and there were feelings you were watching a set. Let's link the spaces, let's allow audiences — even if they don't consciously know it — to experience the geography of the place. They'll know that if there's a corridor, there's going to be a clock, and if you go past the clock, there is going to be a courtyard, and beyond that, a bridge, and then down to the mountain, there is Hagrid's hut. We did something similar in Y tu mama ... and Children. There are very few close-ups. We tried to make Hogwarts a character.
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01-12-2007, 05:15 AM
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i thought the 3rd movie wasnt as good as the 1st and 2nd i can see why he wanted to make hogwarts a character but i think he just went to far it wasnt as real as the other ones !
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cool. i defintely agree that the third was much diiferent from the first films.
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That's why PoA is my favorite. lol
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yeah, it's kind a different from all the potter movie its so dark and the place is so creepy...and it make the film more interesting and great.
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01-12-2007, 09:51 AM
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cool interview
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01-12-2007, 11:27 AM
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Guillermo del Toro pushed me to do it. He said, "You need to be clear on this. If you're going to do it, you need to honor and serve the material. If you do that, you'll make the movie great."
Good advice. Interesting to know that del Toro gave him advice...
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wow thats really interesting and different
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We tried to make Hogwarts a character.
And he definitely succeeded. 
Once again, lovely to hear from Cuaron. =]
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Hogwarts is a very large part of the story. You did a great job of bringing it to life.
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So thats what he had done, im starting to see why he changed it. Now I that I think about it he would do real good on HBP. So I hope he does it. 
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PoA is my favourite Potter film so far. I think Cuarón did a fantastic job. And it's true - Hogwarts is a character in the film.
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i loved the fact that he made hogwarts look and feel bigger and gave the movie character. i wouldn't mind seeing him direct another HP film.
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01-12-2007, 06:10 PM
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thats a really great interview
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I agree PoA was full of awesomeness but im also really curious to see what David Yates has to give in OotP. But Alfonso Cuaron if definately a really good director because i saw Children Of Men, (GARY OLDMAN!  ) and it was also really good 
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01-13-2007, 12:44 AM
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Alfonso is such a good director, PoA is one of my favorite HP !!!
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Originally Posted by Dawn Bloom  Well, 'Prisoner of Azkaban' left me in tears... of how bad it was!
I agree with you! I did not enjoy it at all! In my opinion, Curaron is the worst director and I am praying he won't do another one of the movies.
*ducks Curaron supporters*
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I love Prisoner of Azkaban! It's my favorite movie so far!
I hope Cuaron comes back to direct another HP movie! Hopefully HBP! 
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Great interview! I would love for him to direct another HP film! I loved how he made the film feel, but i am anxious to see where Yates direction takes the series! So long as the movies keep coming out, whoever directs them, I'll watch them-because i will always love harry potter!
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01-14-2007, 12:52 PM
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that's neat.
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Cool! I hope he dos another HP. PoA was awesome. I hope he does HBP or maybe even DH.
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Nice interview hope that he directs another HP movie.PoA was great.
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