The tabloid press seems to get the joke, which we didn't expect to happen
Rag Tale is Irish writer/director Mary McGuckian's fifth movie. Her previous films include the WB Yeats adaptation Words Upon The Window Pane (1994); Samantha Morton drama This Is The Sea (1997); George Best biopic Best (2000), and the as-yet-unreleased Robert De Niro/Harvey Keitel historical drama The Bridge Of San Luis Rey (2004). Rag Tale is the most contemporary of her movies, and stars Rupert Graves as a tabloid editor trying to avoid reading about his career in the obits column.
LISTEN: Mary McGuckian on how the idea for Rag Tale was inspired by another movie she directed, Best
LISTEN: Mary on why she wasn't interested in creating a plausible tabloid world
LISTEN: Mary on on the type of actor she needed for her heavily-improvised comedy-drama
LISTEN: Mary on the press reaction to her movie, in particular what the tabloids are saying
LISTEN: Mary on the unique look and feel of Rag Tale
LISTEN: Mary on the other two planned movies in her 'amorality' trilogy
Rag Tale is released in UK cinemas on Friday 7th October 2005.
