Hey Everyone, who would of thunk it? In conjunction with our biiiig King Kong DVD give away, Peter jackson has circulated this interview to a few select websites that are participating in this Kong promotion. Universal wanted me to pass this interview off as our own, but I have a little more integrity and respect for our readers than that – not much, mind you, but a little. I did get a chance to talk exclusively with one of the heads and owners of WETA and will bring you that exclusive interview later this week, in the meantime check out this pretty cool semi-exclusive interview with the man himself, Peter Jackson.
One cannot imagine a more meteoric rise for a major motion-picture director than that of Peter Jackson, director of the new Universal Studios Home Entertainment DVD release of King Kong. Starting on low-budget horror films in his native New Zealand, including Bad Taste (1987), Meet the Feebles (1989), and Dead Alive (1992), Jackson scored an artistic success with Heavenly Creatures (1994) and moved to a larger canvas with The Frighteners (1996) before gaining international superstardom with his Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2003).
Now, with Kong, he faced new technical and aesthetic challenges in both the execution of the classic story and in updating the timeless 1933 original film. In this exclusive interview, he discusses those challenges and being Kong