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Article: RIDLEY SCOTT.(Interview)
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- Interview
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- February 1, 2001
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HE PROVES THAT THE GREATEST ADVENTURES ARE PERSONAL
We've followed him to the darkest depths of outer space (Alien, 1979) and the most liberating stretch of the open road (Thelma & Louise, 1991). We've explored the sweeping past (The Duellists, 1977) and the suffocating future (Blade Runner, 1982), and the reason we're always ready to tag along is that, unlike many Hollywood directors, Ridley Scott-- who is British-born and bred--finds the personal within larger-than-life stories.
Of course, when you overturn stones for a living, you're bound to find something squirmy underneath. For many audience members, that unwelcome surprise was 1492: Conquest of ...