Blur may be in holidays but everyone's favourite nu-skool Michael Nyman, Damon Albarn is always game for a laugh. Cue thirteen questions about the movies and the like.
Favourite film composer?
It has to be Ennio Morricone, without a shadow of a doubt.
Favourite film score?
Maybe Once Upon A Time In America.
Favourite movie?
(Long pause) I like films for different reasons, so... Well, a music-related film that's just outrageous, that goes through so many visual identities is Casino Royale. Unbelievable.
Favourite actor?
I'm a big Jim Carrey fan these days.
Favourite actress?
I suppose someone like Susan Sarandon is really cool.
Any directors you'd like to work with?
I'd like to do something for the Coen Brothers. And you know, just to get the chance to do a Scorsese film would be absolutely incredible. He's one of the few who uses songs in movies well, who really knows his stuff.
Quote us a line of movie dialogue...
I can't even quote a song - any popular song - more than two lines. I'm not that good at that sort of thing, but a film I learned off by heart when I was a kid was Meantime. I can still quote chunks of it.
What's the best acting advice anyone ever gave you?
Well, I was always being told not to try so hard. I really didn't understand what people meant - I think it means not to be afraid of being yourself.
Favourite movie of last year?
- The films I enjoyed the most were The Thin Red Line, The Idiots and The Truman Show. I only saw that one last year.
The last truly appalling film you saw?
It was one of those Movie Choice things in a hotel, it had Val Kilmer playing a blind masseur (At First Sight). I don't think I lasted more than half-way through. And that was when I'd watched absolutely everything to be had and you're really desperate.
Favourite Irish film?
Does My Left Foot count? I hate Daniel Day Lewis but I love that film. I love the story.
The movie biz vs the film biz - compare and contrast...
They both have their level of intensity but you're at different points in the creative process, you know?
And the token Blur question. Favourite single?
"Beetlebum" and "Tender", really. They're the ones I enjoy singing the most.
