Films like Kill List and Sightseers have made Ben Wheatley one of British cinema’s most singular voices. As his adaptation of Jg Ballard’s High-Rise is released, the director talks about his influences – and why he reads all his reviews
Ben Wheatley isn’t crazy about film critics. “It’s a job that I wouldn’t want or seek out,” he recently told the online film magazine Flickreel. “As a creative person, I think you should be making stuff… and if you aren’t, why should you have a voice to complain about things until you’ve walked a mile in someone’s shoes?”
Wheatley’s typically mischievous comments sparked a heated reaction online (“I should have kept my mouth shut,” he later told me, ruefully), but they are nothing new. Back in 2012, when interviewing Wheatley for The Culture Show about his murderous caravan comedy, Sightseers (if you haven’t seen it,...
Ben Wheatley isn’t crazy about film critics. “It’s a job that I wouldn’t want or seek out,” he recently told the online film magazine Flickreel. “As a creative person, I think you should be making stuff… and if you aren’t, why should you have a voice to complain about things until you’ve walked a mile in someone’s shoes?”
Wheatley’s typically mischievous comments sparked a heated reaction online (“I should have kept my mouth shut,” he later told me, ruefully), but they are nothing new. Back in 2012, when interviewing Wheatley for The Culture Show about his murderous caravan comedy, Sightseers (if you haven’t seen it,...
- 3/6/2016
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
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