Never Let Me Go director Mark Romanek
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February 12, 2012
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Great to hear the journey. I’ve been a fan of Marks for some time. would be a dream to collaborate with him.
Romanek— so zen.
**Possible SPOLIERS Below** In the interview, there was mention of answering the question “why don’t they just run” but it never seems to come. I mean I got from the stylistic approach by the filmmaking team why running wasn’t an option – Not in the sort of cultural b.g./influence in working out personal dilemmas, for lack of a better way of putting it – but that only explains the type of film they wanted to make. There’s no mention of this option in the film, which to me seemed more than a bit puzzling. I would liken it to perhaps making a film about kamikaze pilots and then having a particular pilot who didn’t want to go or at least postpone his duty. One question would be he’s in a plane, why not fly to freedom? But in the telling of the story and setting up the culture it could be answered why that really isn’t a considerable option.
One area I felt this film failed to answer was what was the mental foundation behind the running is not an option mentality. One so strong that it went without mentioning??? I get the barrier of fear placed on them in early life. Perhaps it’s like Truman Show where this sort of blockade stays in place up until the point when the procedures start and running would be too late but once they leave the kiddie boarding school and get some exposure to the outside world, especially TV & adult mags, what’s stopping their curiosity or fear from taking over? It’s not like fear was removed from their line of thinking, just the opposite, it was exploited to manipulate and control them.
OK, so that was a bit long. I enjoyed the film for what it didn’t try to be and respect the creative team’s decisions. Not sure Searchlight has made films that have blown me away but I’ve enjoyed some of their films because they seem to exercise self control and not try to blow people away.