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...soon as Silence became a hit, legendary producer Dino De Laurentiis, 81, began his vigil for novelist Thomas Harris' next Hannibal Lecter book. De Laurentiis had "first negotiation, last refusal" rights for any movie containing the Lecter character, as he had produced Manhunter, the 1986 adaptation of Harris' Red Dragon, in which Lecter made his first screen appearance in the form of actor Brian Cox. Manhunter didn't perform at the box office, so De Laurentiis later passed on Silence. Should you get invited to the De Laurentiises' for dinner, don't bring that...
...Fund itself with drug money b) Land a rocket on a moving asteroid c) Deliver a pizza, only to find two scantily clad women d) Crouch a tiger, hide a dragon...
...What about the pressure of making this project on the back of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? It's a very boring question, very predictable and all, but what do you think...
Zhang Yimou's martial-arts epic Hero has a boffo cast, a big budget, an award-winning crew - and the burden of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Responsible for such hits as Red Sorghum, Raise the Red Lantern and The Road Home, the award-winning director spoke recently to TIME Asia entertainment correspondent Stephen Short and Senior Reporter Susan Jakes on the set of Hero in Hengdian, China. Edited excerpts...
...producing is a way of doing that. Money isn't that important right now, especially in Buddhist culture. You can't take the money with you, or the house, or anything. I feel like I have responsibility. I don't want little kids watching films like Kiss of the Dragon. I don't want five-year-olds walking around saying, "I'm going to kick your ass." I want to broadcast a positive message that there are solutions other than violence. Of course one needs to make money for a studio first, then you can do what you want...