Zack Snyder Talks Directorial Approach To ‘Man Of Steel’

Man Of Steel director, Zack Snyder, has been discussing his version of Superman’s endeavours, even comparing them to previous Clark Kent movies.

Snyder even talks about Smallville, and some of the recent DC comics, and noted that it is almost impossible to reinvent the character.

The filmmaker begins, “When they try to dress him up… put him in jeans and a t-shirt or a leather jacket with an S on it, I go, ‘What? Guys, it’s okay. It’s Superman. He’s the king daddy. You should all be bowing down to him.’

Snyder goes on to remark, “He’s a really cool mythological contradiction… he’s incredibly familiar Americana and alien, exotic, bizarroland, but beautifully woven together…All of us, in a weird way, are that same kind of contradiction — no one’s that simple.”

Snyder even found time to talk about his cinematic vision, referencing his other films in the process. “I feel like my movies have always been very subversive,” says Snyder, “even when people haven’t perceived how subversive they really are. For me, what’s subversive about Superman is that it’s not subversive.”

David S. Goyer, the screenwriter for Man of Steel, also talked his work on the film. The New York Times adds that Goyer became a stepfather, a father and lost his own father, and these feelings were used to help the character of Superman.

Goyer stated, “There’s a scene in the movie where a younger Clark basically say to Jonathan Kent, ‘Why do I have to listen you? You’re not my dad.’ Which is exactly what my stepson said to me.”

He then added, “If he really were an alien when the world finds out that he exists, that in itself would be the biggest even in human history. That would change the world forever.”

Are you looking forward to Man of Steel?