Why should a horror film be just a horror film? To me, The Company of Wolves is a fairy tale; it's got all those elements plus a lot more. And we know that fairy tales aren't innocent any more.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that horror films can transcend their genre and incorporate deeper themes, like those found in fairy tales.
Neil Jordan posits that horror films, exemplified by 'The Company of Wolves', can serve a greater narrative purpose beyond mere fright. By integrating elements of fairy tales, he indicates that these stories often reflect complex themes and societal truths, revealing that their innocence has long been lost, and inviting a deeper exploration of the human experience.
In practice
During a film studies class discussing genre-blending techniques.
The Company of Wolves is about how society teaches young women to look at themselves, and what to be afraid of. It's about a girl learning that the world of sensuality and the unknown is not to be feared, that it's worth getting your teeth into.
Think it a vile habit to alter works of good composers, to omit parts of them, or to insert new-fashioned ornaments. This is the greatest insult you can offer to Art.
When writing loses touch with the beautiful surface of the world, it loses its way. You always want to be in touch with how things look and what people say and what they call their dogs.
Film is this incredible medium that allows us to feel empathy for people that are very different than us and worlds completely foreign from our own.
Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere... You don't have to dress up, for instance, and you can't hear them boo you right away.
I think of writing as a sculptural medium. You are not building things. You are removing things, chipping away at language to reveal a living form.
First of all there is always that artistic challenge of creating something. Or the particular experience to take slum life in that period and make something out of it in the form of a book. And then I felt some kind of responsibility to my family.
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