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[man] In all the films I've done,
it ranks at the top...
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...of a director carrying
out an artistic vision...
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...without any compromise.
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John Schlesinger
was a brilliant man.
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An artist. A sublime artist.
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I saw this movie, A Kind of Loving...
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...which introduced Alan Bates
and Julie Christie was in it.
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And it was like my eyes...
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...were seared from this.
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I said, this-- It was
so humanist-based.
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It was so detail-oriented.
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The human behavior in it was...
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...was 80...
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So well-observed.
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A refined sensibility
obviously made this film.
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It was making a statement
that reached your heart.
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So I said, "This man knows."
It was just a little story about love.
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About how people come together
and what they feel and stuff.
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And it was so beautifully done.
And I went out.
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And I remember walking out of the
theater and I looked at the marquee.
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And it said, "John Schlesinger's
A Kind of Loving."
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And I wrote down "John Schlesinger."
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And I said I have to work
with this guy. This is my guy.
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I immediately respected him...
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...when I heard he didn't
want to consider me.
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Because I thought, "Here's
a guy who's not Hollywood."
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And then when I did meet him
and he looked at me...
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...and I found that we
had the same humor--
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We laughed at the same kind of stuff.
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I told him jokes.
He loved the jokes I selected.
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And I remember him saying,
"Well, you'll do quite fine.
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You're not-- You're not
good-looking at all, are you?"
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Everything excited him.
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Everything made his eyes sparkle.
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He was a big worrier.
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But, uh...
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...other than the fact
that he worried...
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...about things being
perfect and fretted...
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...he was just full
of excitement all the time.
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John just had that glint in his eye.
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He wanted to be
surprised constantly.
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There was no ego.
There was no need to own it.
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John was in
a collaborative experience...
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...which is what film is,
in the most natural way...
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...because he craved collaboration.
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He was not-- He didn't
ever act like a band leader.
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He acted like simply
a jazz musician in a combo.
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And it was either the cinematographer
or the screenwriter...
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...or the production designer,
or a grip would, you know--
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You know, he would encourage it--
Someone would get an idea.
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"What? No, go ahead. Say, what is it?
What is it?" I mean, it's wonderful.
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I adored John Schlesinger.
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Unusual, difficult,
flamboyant man that he was.
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It was worth it, without reservation.
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I think it's a measure
of the man that actors...
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...and collaborators
behind the scenes...
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...hold him in such
high regard to this day.
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You talk to anyone
who worked with Schlesinger...
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...and you get not just
anecdotes and stories...
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...but you get a feeling
of great warmth...
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...and a great sense
of personal connection...
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...that says a lot about
not only his working method...
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...but about the way
he brought people together...
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...in a shared goal of making
the best movie they could.
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I think John's best films...
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...leave such a strong,
lasting impression...
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...with their love of character
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and humanity and the story--
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He really was passionate about
telling these wonderful stories.
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He was more interested,
or very interested...
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...in the text and story he was telling
and how you fit into it.
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He loved the duality in people.
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Marathon Man, fantastic example.
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Dustin Hoffman's
character is completely torn...
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...against protecting his own life...
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...and the responsibility he has
to his culture and his people.
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Um... Midnight Cowboy." I mean,
there's no better example...
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...of taking two characters
that in any other circumstance...
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...would be just tossed away.
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And by the end of that film,
you want to take them in.
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You want-- They could live
with you for the rest of you life...
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...just to save them.
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And so not only does he find
the duality in a character...
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...but he understands that that's gonna
touch the duality in an audience.
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That's a gift.
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He was classically aware,
very well-educated.
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His parents were musicians.
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I mean, so he was
on top of it as an artist.
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Any actor who's worked with John...
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...will never forget him.
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L think John really
had an uncanny ability...
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...to capture real moments
in society, in a way.
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I think he was really like a kind
of an anthropologist as a filmmaker.
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But it was also combined
with a real affection for people...
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...so that he never judged
any of these characters.
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He really was just interested
in showing the soul.
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John knew everything...
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...every inch
of the picture he made. He...
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He knew the performance level.
He knew...
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He knew their strength.
He knew the weaknesses.
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John Schlesinger
was a brilliant director.
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He was also a pragmatic director.
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He wanted what he wanted
and he knew what it was.
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And he knew how to work
with actors, obviously...
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...and get it from them. He was
brilliant working with actors.
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And one of the great experiences
that I got from Midnight Cowboy...
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...was that all of a sudden, after
getting to know those two characters...
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...that are on the periphery
of the norm in our society...
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...and what we will interact with...
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I watched people in a different fashion.
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If John Schlesinger
could show me how to care...
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...about that, it affected
how I went about my day.
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I miss him.
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I do miss him because
you don't often come across...
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...an artist who has the multifaceted
abilities that he had.
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Knowledge of music
was extraordinary.
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And yet, he was a very modest man...
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...and so charming that you
wanted to be in his company.
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The Hollywood branch of the British
Academy of Film and Television Arts...
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...decided, along
with Michael Childers...
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...that it would be nice to pay tribute
to John while he was still alive.
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Aside from his work...
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...l found John to be such
a delightful man, so kind...
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...and warm and encouraging
to the young people around him.
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I recently saw Yanks again.
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And I was immediately struck
by how good the film was...
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...and how touching and humane it was.
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And the humor
that was inherent in the piece...
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...but the heart that was in the piece.
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The best way I can describe
him possibly as an artist...
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...is that he was "operatic."
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That's what movies are all about.
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You can't do it
on the small screen, you see.
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If you want to do things
on the large screen...
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...you have to make it worthwhile
to be on the large screen.
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And if you can be operatic...
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...and cause a laugh, a tear...
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...all within two hours, that's magic.
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That was John.
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I look back and say,
boy, he really was...
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This was a real blessing
to have John Schlesinger.
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It couldn't have been accomplished
without John's continuous caring...
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...his straining
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for the real depth of the piece...
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...and never, never
allowing himself to proceed...
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...unless he felt he had it.
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Protecting and protecting it.
And Jerry Hellman, around him...
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...protecting him in the work.
And of course, he was protecting--
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John was protecting
the actors in this process.
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And so we were
allowed to do our work.
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It was a very, very special time.
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He was loved. He was loved.
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He was an artist that was loved.
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It was a wonderful, wonderful
friendship and relationship.
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And it evolved over the years.
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And I was lucky because
I lived in England for 35 years.
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I lived over here. We traveled.
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We had a wonderful life together.
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I'm very blessed.
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