Gravity director Alfonso Cuarón has revealed the pressure he was under to change the story of his space walk thriller to conform to studio executives' expectations. In an interview with io9.com, the Mexican film-maker outlined some of the suggestions he had to fend off.
The $80m-budget Gravity has been praised for its "spectacular simplicity", in its story of two astronauts stranded in high earth orbit after their spacecraft is crippled by debris. But the director said: "With making a film it's like trying to create a tune in the shower while you have a hundred people singing around you. You have to focus yourself in on the tune that you're trying to create. Because you have hundreds of people singing different songs at the same time around you."
Among the "songs" provided by executives, Cuarón highlights a demand for constant cutting to Mission Control in Houston, a la Apollo 13: "You need to cut to Houston, and see how the rescue mission goes. And there is a ticking clock with the rescue mission."
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