Can we discuss war issues that are a bit embarrassing to speak about?
I’m thinking about similarities between Michael Collins and Nicolai Muellerschoen’s The Red Baron. Michael Collins was a very interesting movie to make at that time—in 1995-1996. The IRA had just declared a ceasefire so there were many parallels between Michael Collins and Gerry Adams. The truth is, Michael Collins was a specifically Irish movie and I felt very lucky to get Warner Brothers to finance it. It wasn’t particularly a heroic story, but about a person who put together a killing-machine. Then, when he thought he could take the machine apart, he found that he couldn’t. Yes. Muellerschoen addresses the same issue in The Red Baron. I’ll have to see that film! Definitely! Speaking of killers, Isn’t it disturbing how easy it is for anyone to cross that line? Even women are not exempt, as you show with Jodie Foster’s character in The Brave One. Yeah it is, yeah, yeah—though I’ve never done it myself and don’t want to. No, no! Religion prevails in many of your films, such as The Butc
