Brandon Lee's Last Interview The Crow Fansite : The Last Interview with Brandon Lee
Before Brandon Lee Tragically died there was an interview with him. If you own the director's cut video or DVD, You'll be able to see that interview... Here is a short impression on what was said in the interview...
"The crow in the film, the bird in the film; you could really look at as a guide...
Almost a piece of his own personality that guides him back into his life and
reminds him of who he was, what happened to him.
This is a person who has been pushed right to the limits of his ability to cope what is going on.
And in a sense is quite mad sometimes... In a sense completely insane,
almost in a sense that you might think of an insane person having voices.
More rational voices that try to guide him...More irrational voices that come from a more emotional...
More deep-seated place. I think that the crow his that rational voice, the crow is his guide.
The crow helps Eric to do what he has to do in a very practical sense; it leads
him to places where he has to be, it helps him find people he has to find.
It's a story about justice for victims.
His mission is to find the people who killed himself and his fiancée, and kill them.
Its a wonderful role, it really is a role that you can take risks with, and gives you a wonderful opportunity
to take those risks & stretch, because after all can you tell me how someone who has come back from the dead will behave.
That is one of the wonderful things about playing this character, its a real....
you can really take the gloves off in playing this part because there are no rules on how a person
who has come back from the dead is going to behave. There is a part of him that is filled with rage towards
what was done to him. And another of the things that I like about this movie is
that all the parts of the character are given balance on the screen.
He is torn up really badly, both physically and psychically.
I think the appeal of Eric's mission is that it is a very pure one. He has come back to seek justice.
I have done other films that have had violence in them, but I have never done anything where I felt
that the violence was as justified as this. There is very little need to worry about compassion for his victims.
This is justice, and I truly feel that it is, and I truly feel if I was in the same situation I would do the same thing: It is something that he has to do,
and he is forced to put aside his own pain long enough to do what he has to. This film deals with the concept of a solution being struck between good and evil.
Because we do not know when we are going to die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well and yet everything happens only a certain number of times, and a very small number really. How many times will you remember a certain afternoon of your childhood? An afternoon that is so deeply a part of your being that you cannot conceive of your life without it? Perhaps 4 .... 5 times more.
Perhaps not even that.
How many times will you watch the full moon rise ...... Perhaps twenty and yet it all seems limitless.
This is the point of view this character is coming from in the whole film, because it has brought sharply into focus how precious each moment of his life was.
This is the best role I have had the opportunity to get my hands on".
