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  • There were certain things that I watched, and I screened a series of period films as well, not because I wanted to copy those, because I wanted to be different. “Far from the Madding Crowd” was one I looked to because I thought it looked so good. “Doctor Zhivago.” Unrequited love is always a great thing. “Tess” was something I looked at, I thought Polanski got the period right.

    "A Kinder, Gentler Neil LaBute? Getting Romantic With 'Possession'". Interview with Wendy Mitchell, www.indiewire.com. August 14, 2002.