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Washington Interview with Cuaron -
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The Washington Post Interviews Cuaron
Article: Washington Interview with Cuaron The washington Post has a short interview with the director of 'Prisoner of Azkaban'. Reading the article may require you to register (which is free).
Here are some of the best bits:
How closely can you, and must you, stick to the book?
I was very happy that very early on I had great advice from J.K. Rowling: "Be faithful to the spirit of the book, don't be literal." . . . There are a lot of things we lose because we do not have the time. So . . . we decide to stick to this theme of this rite of passage. Whatever sticks into that theme we keep it in, and leave out whatever not. [Some things got kept in the movie because Rowling said they will have an important part in a future book.]
The movie is rated PG-13. How scary is it?
The books are quite scary, but at the same time you are in a universe of make-believe that in a way is a gentle scary, it's not really trying to test your limits. . . . Ultimately there is a light through the darkness. I think to honor the spirit of the books we cannot say, 'We have young kids [watching] so even though the book has a werewolf, let's skip the werewolf.' . . . It's scary but it's not violent. Also, the movies have to grow along with the books. The readers are getting older.
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