The hardest thing about making a movie is finding the money to make a movie.
Having worked on a couple of productions in Cyprus, it's amazing how creative and resourceful you can get in the face of this obstacle. We may not have the big budgets here, but we have a lot of heart, and humour apparently, which leads to solutions like:
- my 37 first cousins can be unpaid extras
- my mother will cater for the production
- my grandmother won't notice if some of her clothes go missing (period wardrobe)
And so on...and then I look at Hollywood, with all of their resources for creative and original content and what do they come up with? Not one, but TWO Snow White movies and a TV series with the same theme.
Having said that, the excited little movie freak in me is quite keen to see the two interpretations. Judging by the trailers I think "Snow White and the Huntsman" will be the better film, but "Mirror, Mirror" will probably be the bigger hit at the box office because it looks family friendly. Either way, the evil queens have clearly stolen Snow White's thunder and they both should be a fun watch!
Here are the trailers....
"Snow White and the Huntsman" with Charlize Theron (another awesome South African) and Kristen Stewart (running scared through a dark forest...where have we seen this before?) and the delectable Chris Hemsworth of "Thor" fame. Directed by newcomer Rupert Sanders.
"Mirror, Mirror" with the irresistible Julia Roberts, Lily Collins (rising star and daughter of singer Phil Collins) and now appearing as just one person, Armie Hammer of "Social Network" fame. Directed by the visually brilliant Tarsem Singh.
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