What makes An Englishman in New York a Tribeca Must-See?
Oh God, that’s for everyone else to decide, isn’t it? It’s shot in New York, it celebrates difference, it’s about a man who was unique. Quentin had been attacked, ostracized by society; New York was attacked by terrorists. For a very individual city to be attacked was a very fitting metaphor for what Quentin lived through. We had our fair selection of terrorist attacks in London, but I think that the extraordinary kind of attack on the skyline and individuality of New York was so brutal that I was struck by what sun shine shone out of the city when I was there this past summer [shooting Englishman]. What was the craziest thing that happened while making the film? It’s like childbirth: you never remember, or you’d never do it again. The craziest thing that happened was reading the script, believing that I could make the next chapter in this character’s life with the same actor who did it before. Sting was at the wrap party, that was quite crazy. What else? Working with John Hurt. It was
