In 'The King's Speech,' patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight is clear, it hasn't become complicated over time.
If you look at Shakespeare's history plays, what the setting of monarchy allows is this extraordinary intensification of emotions and predicament.
American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis.
If you look at classic Hollywood films, they tend to shoot close-ups on quite long lenses and the background it out of focus. You know, it's just a mush.
I began to think that if you're a stutterer, it's about inhabiting silence, emptiness, and nothingness.
What's fascinating about the Australians is they have this quality that they are impervious to majesty. They're not awed.
