TNT Magazine

Interview by Richard Berry, courtesy of TNT Magazine.

"The Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival is now in its third year... For you, it's a chance to see the very beginnings of the new Spielbergs and Coens first hand...

As the gossip goes this year's hot favourite at Rushes is The Librarian's Dream. Not really a catchy title, but the film can't be faulted. Directed and written by a thirty year-old Jon Wright, it tells the story of a deaf librarian who's given his hearing back by a mysterious book borrower. But there's no such thing as a free lunch. You can have your hearing, but you have to give something up for it, is the deal. What has everyone talking is the reaction the librarian has to his new ears. After seeing the film, you'll never stand in Paddington station and hear it the same way again.

"I wrote it about a year ago. It was quite a long project and had been on the back shelf for a bit, then I rewrote it again. I'm not a natural writer, really," Wright says.

He's a humble guy. If only he knew that all the other directors who were interviewed wanted to know was, "What's The Librarian's Dream like?"

"Because I directed it as well I'd get too close to it and not objective enough so every now and then I'd have to show parts to people and ask "Is this clear?" or "Is that clear?" he explains.

The film has already opened a few doors for Wright in the form of commercials. Sure it'd be good to do full length feature films, but you need to pay the bills."