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.
Music has to keep moving. But I was lucky. For me there was always something around the corner.
I never finished the 'Large Glass' because, after working on it for eight years, I probably got interested in something else; also, I was tired. It may be that, subconsciously, I never intended to finish it because the word 'finish' implies an acceptance of traditional methods and all the paraphernalia that accompany them.
When you're a ranchera singer, you represent your country. It's a God-given gift.
Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man.
A good poet feels what his community feels. _x000D_ Like if you stub your toe, the rest of your body hurts.
It is only by presenting those portions of the race in my pictures, in the light and backround of their true state, that we can raise our people to greater heights.
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