Three reasons
Although the final film effect is not satisfactory, the plot of a Muslim in the film finding out that he is actually an adopted Jew while sorting out his mother's belongings still makes many people think that the film's screenwriter David Battier is extraordinary.
When talking about why a film about "personal religious identity crisis" was created, David Battier gave three reasons. He said: "I have always been a loyal fan of this kind of comedy about life situations and life transitions, and I hope that one day I can also write a film of a similar style. Secondly, I think people are in awe of religion and awe. Belief. I think it is a god, something that humans cannot touch. In the UK now, there are two kinds of people who hold this view. One is Muslim and the other is Jew. When people really start to fear belief or When it’s religious, what they really should do is laugh, because only laughter can get them out of fear, so I wrote a comedy script like this. Finally, the face of Omid Giarelli It is really my great love. In addition to the comic effect, his face is also'tempting' people to see the essence through the phenomenon. Let people know that things are not as simple as they seem. Naturally, I I created a character in the image of Omid in my mind. That's why I wrote this script."
BBC escaped
After David Battier's script was written roughly, the BBC took the script and took it into their own hands, and they hired a "professional" screenwriter to make drastic changes to the script. Just when the script had been changed to the satisfaction of the BBC, the "reimbursement gate" scandal broke out within the BBC. The BBC, which has always been low-key and rigorous, was hit by the "door incident" this time, and its vitality was greatly injured. For a while, the BBC stopped working on most of the projects at hand. This script by David Battier, who was unknown in the industry, was naturally also being hit. Reduced list.
Obviously, David Battier has become accustomed to this. Years of screenwriting experience in TV and radio dramas has made him feel calm. He said: "The BBC once saw my first novel "Time for Bed", and they also wanted to make this novel into a movie. The script was written, but the same was not produced. "The Wicker Man" 》 Is not my first novel, nor my first script, but it is my first filmed work. As a screenwriter, I naturally hope that my work can be filmed into a film, but I I also understand that filmmaking is not as'single-headed' as writing scripts. All the conditions must be met before filming can start. So I am not rushing to turn my words into film."
"The Wicker Man" director Josh Appinancy
Josh Appinance is a director who likes to use religion to talk about things. His debut "Song of Songs" is a film that deeply exposes the "uselessness" of religion in life and human nature. Different from the obscure, profound, even vicious and mean of the previous work, this "The Wicker Man" shows a calm, tolerant, understanding and joking temperament. In the noise and ridiculousness, Appinanci deconstructed everything and reshaped everything.
In fact, the word The Wicker Man is very personal. For people who hold a certain belief, others are The Wicker Man; in turn, in the eyes of The Wicker Man, others have become The Wicker Man. Josh Appinance said: "Faith is a very personal matter. No one has the right to make irresponsible remarks about the beliefs of others-but this is the problem. There are always too many people who like to behave to others. Belief and personal matters are finger-pointing, and I always like to demand others by my own standards. When shooting this movie, I often wondered what would happen if there were people in my life who had been changed their religious beliefs. I found that this is actually a question that does not need to be considered. Because when we are born, we don’t have any religious overtones. Faith is a kind of culture that has been added to us. When facing the secular life of birth, old age, sickness, death, marriage, funeral, and marriage. , Religion has no effect. Religion may make people feel more stable when suffering a spiritual shock, but this is just a kind of mental paralysis, and it has no effect on life and religion. Maybe in this view, I am The Wicker Man in the eyes of all believers."
