Ahead of the release of The Creator in cinemas from 29th September, Gareth Edwards sat down with Slashfilm to discuss his sci-fi epic and to dig into how he found the soul of the film, the heart that makes this such a unique and very special film.
“When you watch a movie, it’s full of a million details, and it’s overwhelming when you try to make a film. There’s so much stuff you have to put in it. So you’re always trying to simplify and simplify and go, “What’s the heart of the movie?”
For me, one of the breakthrough things that happened in terms of writing, that I always lean on now, is a lot of people see stories as a straight line with a beginning, middle, and end. And I see them more as a circle, and there’s a lot of theories about this. The idea that when your character goes on a journey through the movie, it’s like a clock: It orbits around, and the central character ends up basically changing their perspective. Halfway through the film, they’re facing 180 degrees from where they originally were. So all little tricks like that, that I lean on, the fairy tales I’ve used throughout the years, and it’s all that mythical storytelling that George Lucas first did, with [Joseph Campbell’s] “The Hero with a Thousand Faces” and stuff.”
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Myself and Paul McQue were fortunate enough to attend the premiere of The Creator last night at the Science Museum in London, and I can say without hesitation it’s an instant classic, so stay tuned for our review here on the site and a special episode of Making Tracks Reaction Chat next week.
