I suppose I had these concerns but I really felt that I had to keep my scope very, very concentrated.

When you're working with a smaller budget I suppose one of the things that has to be in your mind when you are writing is that you have to keep the characters down to a minimum.

I think if you look at the themes that are presented in the film, some are inherently social, and I think that any film which deals with the family is dealing with the smallest social unit in our society - and in a sense it is a question of scope.

It is about this very abstract sense of displacement that he feels the moment he turns off the television.

I've just been very, very lucky with the film having been introduced in the right way.

Working on the themes I was interested in, through the context of a particular family, was a very economical way of dealing with a lot of the issues I was concerned with.