Re: JKR on Hogwarts Graveyard pre-HBP
- From: Toon <toon@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 08:03:11 -0400
On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:28:38 GMT, Spaminator <spam_dies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>In article <1128019134.799477.309700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, W.
>F. Zimmerman <wfz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Prior to book six, director Alfonso Cuaron was quoted as follows:
>> ---
>> Question: What was it like meeting JK, what was her advice like?
>> Alfonso: She [Rowling] said I should stay faithful to the spirit of the
>> book not literal. That was entrusting me a lot of freedom. But freedom
>> and responsibility is the same thing - I was like 'oh gosh - am I being
>> faithful to the spirit?'
>>
>> The amazing thing with JK as a collaborator is she doesn't stop you
>> doing anything. The way she approaches it has nothing to do with 'I
>> like' or 'I dislike' it's 'this makes sense' or 'it doesn't make sense
>> in this universe.'
>> I give you an example: There's a scene where Malfoy wants to see
>> Buckbeak being executed. It's where Hermione punches him. And there's a
>> sundial. We thought we need something there. I said 'Let's put a
>> graveyard there'.
>>
>> She says: 'No, you can't have a graveyard there'. And I'm like, 'Why?'
>> She says: 'Oh because the graveyard is near this other wing of the
>> castle and it's going to play an important part in number six because
>> such and such and such.
>>
>> (CBBC Newsround, 5/28/04,,
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_3758000/3758101.stm)
>> ---
>> I'm not sure I understand what JKR was talking about in this comment.
>> The first thing that comes to mind is that the White Tomb where
>> Dumbledore is buried is near the graveyard. but is it? Anyone
>> sharper-eyed remember any references to the Graveyard in HBP?
>>
>I posted that transcript some time ago and was wondering the same thing
>myself. She was obviously referring to a graveyard in or near the
>school because otherwise having one there wouldn't have changed
>anything. It's odd though since it says that none of the other
>headmasters or headmistresses have been burried on the grounds. So I'm
>assuming that the white tomb is the "graveyard." Also, you need to
>watch the interview 'cause your website is paraphrasing a couple of
>important parts...like the fact that she didn't say WHEN the graveyard
>came into play and I'm not certain she said it was important. Only
>that 'It can't go there because it's someplace else' (that's my own,
>less presumptive paraphrasal of what HE said that SHE said) But I've
>watched the interview and from what I'm reading on this site they've
>quoted it poorly.
She never specified book 6, rather left it up in the air for the last
2.
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