Q+A THE WRIGHT IDEA
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Sparks are a band always looking forward. How were you able to persuade them to tell their story?
Having been aware of Sparks since I was five years old, and with a growing obsession with them over the following 40 years, I started to feel like they were an amazing band who didn’t have the overview that they deserved. Ron and Russell don’t always like to look back, but I put it to them that this film would be making the case for them as one of the greats. They said they had resisted career documentaries so far, as they were waiting for someone they really trusted to come along. I’m pleased and proud that they thought I was the guy.