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Cleese on Crichton

posted 9 years ago by hbfilmz
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In a recent interview, Cleese mentions how he chose the wrong director for this film and he was like a "rabbit caught in the headlights". He didn't elaborate.

Does anyone have any more info on this? I always did feel the direction was a bit too smooth for the humor of the film and didn't compliment the comedy as well as it could have.

[–] RobbieCalifornia 8 years ago

And yet the end result was fantastic regardless of who directed or codirected.

[–] berniehasslinger 7 years ago

The direction and editing is genius in this movie. This thing has so much rhythm. Its like a piece of fine music!