I don’t know about you, but I look back fondly Steven SpielbergThe 1991 movie Hook. I really loved that movie when I was a kid. When I watch it now, I can see the imperfection in it, but I still love that movie and the way it makes me feel when I watch it.
Spielberg, however, was never really happy with how the film turned out. While promoting his movie Lincoln years ago, during an interview with the Kermode & Mayo Film Review program, the director admitted that Hook was the only film of his with which he had more problems. He said at the time:
“I want to see Hook again. I still don’t like that movie. I hope someday I will see it again and maybe I will like some of it.
Then later, in an interview with Empire magazine, he was asked if he ever thought about not getting the material while shooting a movie, he admitted that “I’ve done a few movies like that” and then went straight to hook, saying:
“I felt like a fish out of water making Hook. I had no faith in the script. I had faith in the first act and I had faith in the epilogue. I didn’t trust his body.
He went on to admit that he didn’t really know what he was doing with the film, saying:
“I didn’t quite know what I was doing and tried to paint my insecurity with production value. The more insecure I felt about it, the bigger and more colorful the sets became.”
Yep, you can definitely see that by watching the movie, and now we know why it went in that vibrant direction. It’s really fascinating to know what a director thinks of his work, especially for a film like Hook, which is truly a film loved by those of us who grew up with it.
It’s interesting because when I was a kid I saw the character of Robin Williams in a completely different light than I see him now as an adult. Now I understand what he was going through in that movie, and when I’m in the same kind of funk he’s in in the movie, that character pops into my mind because I don’t want to be that. So, I have to go out on some kind of adventure to get out of that funk. It’s really interesting how movies can really affect aspects of your life.
Either way, Spielberg shouldn’t be too hard on himself. I hope he took the time to watch it again after these interviews and that he saw something in it that he liked.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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