"When there are big narrative failings in a piece of storytelling, writers can just shuffle it all up and dump it on someone like me, the director, to try and sort it out. I think Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Memento, there's been a whole raft of these kind of films.

I love those kinds of films. But I knew that if I got my hands on that kind of screenplay, it wouldn't be that anyway... No, I don't have contempt for Charlie Kaufman. He's a brilliant screenwriter as was proved last night at that corporate event.

It was really depressing to watch that program, that corporate program, last night to see how much crap won."

That's John Maybury, Hollywood newcomer and director of The Jacket, making friends everywhere he goes. He also takes a few shots at Million Dollar Baby, The Aviator, and pretty much anyone who isn't Maybury.