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Accompanied by the actor Connor McCarron, the Scottish actor and director Peter Mullan answered questions yesterday about his latest film Neds at a press conference in the Kursaal. Set in Glasgow in 1973, it follows a bright sensitive youngster drawn towards violent local gang culture.
Mullan acknowledged that although there were certain parallels with his own youth, it was basically fictional.
He lamented that the problem of gangs in Glasgow and in Britain in general was just as bad as ever and that knife crime was almost pandemic. He wasn’t sure what the solution was but thought that education in the broadest sense was the key, not just in schools but also in the home and out on the streets where kids receive a parallel education. “It’s a cocktail of culture, background, family and class” he explained.
When asked whether his film could offer a message of hope, he replied that he’d like youngsters to see it and think twice about getting involved in gangs.“Or at least they should accept the consequences, and live with it and try and become a better person.”
As for his future plans, Mullen said that he was currently filming a project with Stephen Spielberg in England and that after this he was hoping to start writing a film about the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe.
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