Harry Potter’s German cousins
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- Harry Potter’s German cousins
- Tehelka – The People’s Paper
- Interview with Roger Lloyd Pack
Harry Potter’s German cousins
Times Online – May 13, 2006
Rowling but her success has been touched by tragedy. She talks to Amanda Craig about grief books and film stars.
Tehelka – The People’s Paper
Tehelka – May 13, 2006
Granted that not many people could come up with the idea of having a naked curator spread-eagled before the Mona Lisa writing in invisible ink leading up to a chase that ends in a church in Scotland. At least not without smoking a whole lot of illegal substances. But is he completely original? Or is his treatment? Harry Potter is a book about a boy who grows up trying to avenge the death of his parents who were murdered when he was a child. His arch nemesis is the man who killed them. Harry Potter could have been ripped off from any Bollywood movie ever made. All we need is a Hermione item number and we’re in business. And let’s face it we all know Dumbledore would look great in a baniyan and leather pants… But is he completely original? Or is his treatment? Harry Potter is a book about a boy who grows up trying to avenge the death of his parents who were murdered when he was a child. His arch nemesis is the man who killed them. Harry Potter could have been ripped off from any Bollywood movie ever made. All we need is a Hermione item number and we’re in business. And let’s face it we all know Dumbledore would look great in a baniyan and leather pants. As for the rest of the Potter series it’s witches wizards broomsticks boarding schools wands…all ideas that have been present in society for years and years now. Are these books original? I guess what I’m trying to say is that we’re a culture that has for long accepted that original ideas are great but original treatment of old ideas is also acceptable.
Interview with Roger Lloyd Pack
Leaky Cauldron.org – The Leaky Cauldron.org – May 13, 2006
On working with David and his whole GoF experience Roger Lloyd Pack says: "It [Harry Potter] was big budget great production values the job went on for nine months on and off and a nice character [Barty Crouch Senior] to play – something to get my teeth into. It was a big production and there aren't many films made like that certainly in this country. "It was a good crack it’s just a pity he had to die really. "I'd read the first book as my children were appropriate ages for Potter when he first came out. I did see all the films – I always prefer the films to the books to be honest with you.