Gangster No 1 Sexy Beast 44 Inch Chest VICE: How did you go about adapting 44 Inch Chest from a play to a film? Louis: David: 44 Inch Chest Louis: Is that why he’s a bit of a joke in the film? He’s a dinosaur. Louis: David: Is that why his character’s homophobic as well? David: The Dam Busters Peter Jackson’s doing a remake, and I think they’re debating whether they should keep that in there or not. David: The whole of 44 Inch Chest is like a 1960s timewarp. Louis: David: The twisted sense of morality that gangsters have comes across a bit more in this film. Was that something you wanted to have a dig at? Louis: David: Big Brother And the same thing happened with Giuliani’s New York. David: So, you wrote this as long as 10 years ago? Louis: Sexy Beast Gangster No 1 Gangster No 1 Sexy Beast 44 Inch Chest Jonathan Glazer said at the time of Sexy Beast that you three decided to collaborate because you had similar sensibilities about film and about what was missing today. Louis: Then Sexy Beast grew and grew in popularity, despite not being a big hit when it was released here. Louis: It got shorter shrift than it deserved here because it came at the tail-end of some other inferior gangster films. Louis: Gangster No 1 44 Inch Chest Gangster-ish sort of characters though. Louis: David: Well primarily 44 Inch Chest is a film about love. Was that the starting point? Louis: David: He says in the film he loved his wife too much. Louis: David: So now these three pieces are done and out there, are you done with this sort of world now? Louis: Sexy Beast and 44 Inch Chest obviously share a very similar rhythmic style of dialogue. Will that carry across to different genres? Louis: How are you finding writing on your own after years of collaboration? Louis: David: Do you think writing together is unhealthy? Louis: . Why? Louis: ALEX GODFREY