The Prisoner of Azkaban : best ofHarry Potter
Of the eight films in the saga Harry Pottermany believe (rightly) that the third work, The Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), is the best. It must be said that after the two films directed by Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuaron brought a much darker tone. Does this mean that the feature film can be considered a horror film? At least this is the opinion of the filmmaker, who in staging this film was also inspired by German expressionism and directors such as Fritz Lang or FW Murnau Harry Potter 3.
The visual quality ofHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is undeniable and owes in part to director of photography Michael Seresinwho later worked on films The Planet of the Apes (2014 and 2017) by Matt Reeves. The fact remains that Alfonso Cuarón’s vision was decisive in telling Harry’s third adventure so well where we discover Sirius Blackescaped from prison after a murder conviction and who might want to attack the young magician… However, the director of The children of man (2006) e Severity (2013) hesitated for a long time before agreeing to direct the film. And without counting on his friend Guillermo del Toro who found the right words to convince him.
“You’re an arrogant asshole.”
In fact, in an interview given to Total film for 20 years ofHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the Mexican director explained that he was rather perplexed when the project was proposed to him. The director had just signed the drama And you too, mom (2001), and Harry Potter was really happening.”under his radar“. He also found strange that he is thought of for this production, especially because he hadn’t read JK Rowling’s novels. However, you talked about it with Guillermo del Toro.
I often talk to Guillermo (del Toro), and after a few days I told him: “You know, they offered me this Harry Potter movie, but it’s really strange that they offered me this.” He said, “Wait, wait, wait, you said you haven’t read Harry Potter?” Then I said, “I don’t think it’s for me.”
Faced with his friend’s reaction, Guillermo del Toro let himself go to make him react and make him change his mind.
In a very flowery lexicon, in Spanish, he told me: “You’re an arrogant asshole.”
A phrase that visibly struck Alfonso Cuarón enough to push him to reconsider his decision. Furthermore, producer David Heyman justified his interest in the filmmaker precisely in relation to what his previous film represented: “Y tu mamá also talked about the last moments of adolescence, and talked about Azkaban from the first moments of adolescence. I felt he could make the saga more contemporary, somehow. And it brings its own cinematic magic“. Guillermo Del Toro and David Heyman were not wrong. Because even if Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban it is the film of the saga that has grossed the least money (still 807 million dollars in takings), it remains the favorite of many fans.
Source: Cine Serie
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