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Jonathan Glazer Talks To Alfonso Cuarón About His Film Buff Roots: “I Was The First Kid In The UK To Watch ‘Star Wars’”
This week started on a high for director Jonathan Glazer, after his Cannes Grand Prix-winner The Zone of Interest took Best Film and Best Director at the 44th London Film Critics’ Awards on Sunday.…
Last week, he broke that silence at great length, in an extensive interview conducted at London’s BFI Southbank by four-time Oscar winner — and 11-time nominee — Alfonso Cuarón. It’s well known by now that Glazer, who turns 59 in March, was a big name in music videos (Radiohead, Massive Attack, Blur) and commercials (Guinness, Nike, Stella Artois) before causing a stir with his 2000 debut, the gangster film Sexy Beast. But, guided by Cuarón, Glazer went further back, discussing the roots of his interest in film and revealing a surprising piece of trivia: “I was the first kid in the UK to watch Star Wars.”
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