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JGB: I was very impressed by it. I thought it was a
fine film. In fact, trying to remain as neutral as possible,
I think it’s a much better film than Schindler’s
List because it’s more imagined than Schindler’s List.
I think the film is a remarkable effort in many ways.
He extracted a wonderful performance from the boy.
He was very faithful to the spirit of the book. There are
always problems when Hollywood tackles a war film
because the conventions of the entertainment cinema
can’t really cope with the horrors of war. Still, I think it
was a remarkable film, and more and more people are
beginning to realize it.
Current Readings
MM: Have you read anything recently that impressed
you favourably?
JGB: Well, I don’t read much fiction nowadays, to be
honest. Writing the stuff all day means when I read I
tend to read nonfiction. It feeds my imagination. I read
a great deal, but I can’t really pick a landmark book off-
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hand. Let’s see, well, I just finished The Moral Animal
by Richard Wright, a study of neo-Darwinism. That
was quite impressive. Actually the best novel I’ve read
in a while is by that Danish writer Peter Hoeg, Smilla’s
Sense of Snow. I thought it was a wonderful book. Far
more than a mere thriller. In fact, it’s a pity that it had
any thriller element to it at all. It was much more than
that. It was quite remarkable on all sorts of levels. I
hope it did well in the states. My girlfriend is reading
his new one (Borderliners) now
Current projects
MM: What are you working on now?
JGB: I’m halfway through another novel untitled as
of yet – another sort of cautionary tale. I’d rather not
discuss it in detail though.
MM: Any plans to come over to the States and promote
Rushing to Paradise?
JGB: Oh, probably not, I’m too engrossed in the
new book. �
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