The Making of 'Red Riding': a Trilogy of Murder, Corruption

February, 16, 2010 7:27 am | On #Movies, Red Riding

Who would have thought that anyone would turn up to watch these three films.

It started with a phone call from Andrew Eaton. He was planning a three-part crime-movie project called "Red Riding." He wanted me to direct the final film: "1983." The other two would be 1974 and 1980.
 
“Hi Anand, it's Andrew. You wanna come to Leeds for four months, it's quite cold and wet, it's all about serial killers and child abuse and epic corruption. There’s not much money, but we’ll all have a great time.”
 
He was right. We did have a great time.
 
I lived in a gleaming glass and steel new build, on the Canal. Very chi-chi. John Dawson would have been proud. (You have to watch the three films to get the reference. I’ll drop a few more in just to be...
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Anand Tucker grew up in Hong Kong and has lived in London since he was 18. He is the director of the third part of the acclaimed "Red Riding" trilogy, "Red Riding: 1893." His previous directing works include "Hilary and Jackie," "Shopgirl" and the recent "Leap Year" with Amy Adams and Matthew Goode.

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