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If you think about the traditional mafia stories we grew up on, it is always about the death of criminal organisations - things like the 'Sopranos' - the last vestiges of once proud families subsumed by the modern era.

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We think criminality is something that exists in somehow another world to us. But actually, there is an invisible criminal web in which we are all enveloped.

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If you look around in London, there is a lot of dirty money. People see it as a safe haven: a bolthole to rely on if they are criminal or politically exposed in their own country.

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I do love a dark movie.

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There's nothing worse in television than what I call 'poor man's Jerry Bruckheimer.'

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There are a lot of horror films out there that are nasty, but what's nasty isn't necessarily scary.

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Parents fear for their children. Absolutely, I think it's a deep and troubling theme to explore.

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People like to see their lives mythologized in some way.

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Directing is an act of interpretation.

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I've got lots of friends who would just think, 'Horror movies - they're crap, aren't they?' I think there's a cultural snobbery more than an institutional one.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Director

Born: May 20th, 1973

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