Roger Ebert interviews Clint Eastwood about the making of Million Dollar Baby (Warner Bros. original reaction: “we don’t think boxing movies are very popular right now”).
“I made this movie for the story and the relationships. No computer special effects, nothing to slow things down. We shot it in 39 days, the same as ‘Mystic River.’ When I look back at the pictures I grew up on, like ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ — it was made in 39 days. Everybody accuses me of moving fast when I direct a picture. I don’t move fast, but I just keep moving.”
Reminds me of the White Stripes and their speedy album production
The life story of Jim Braddock is coming out.