Kevin Reynolds calls Rapa Nui 'probably my worst film'

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Q: The worldwide success of Robin Hood presumably gave you the clout to get Rapa Nui made. And that seemed like a very, very personal project.

A: It was, and I have to say in retrospect, looking back unfortunately that's probably my worst film.

Q: Why do you feel that?

A: Because I didn't succeed, because I didn't come close enough to what I'd originally intended, tried to do. I could blame it on a lot of circumstances and ultimately I have to take some responsibility for it myself, because I made a lot of the choices. But there were so many circumstances that went against that picture that it overwhelmed it, ultimately, and it was not close enough to what I wanted it to be.

Q: Presumably it was a much lower-budget picture, which presents different pressures?

A: It does, and that's probably also the most difficult picture I've ever done, because of the remoteness of the location and the circumstances we were shooting under, it was like a Werner Herzog picture. Very, very difficult. You go into it with enthusiasm and you say, Well I can overcome everything like we were just talking about a moment ago, and you can't. Sometimes you simply can't overcome some of the obstacles. And that is sort of a case in point, that particular picture.

Q: I'm fascinated, given the film that you did afterwards [Waterworld], that you think that Rapa Nui was the most difficult…

A: It was really, really hard. You know, Easter Island, we had one flight a week from the mainland, and there were times we ran out of food to feed people, and things like that, it was...it was very bad.

"What I don't understand is how we're going to stay alive this winter."