New Clue - Graveyard at Hogwarts

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 99731

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "c_robocker" <c_robocker at y...>
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> > Here is a tidbit from an interview at BBC's Newround. Alfonso 
> > Cuaron relates a conversation he had with JKRowling.
> > 
> > --- Quoted in Part - See link below---
.
> > 
> > She says: 'No, you can't have a graveyard there'. 
> > And I'm  like, 'Why?'
> > She says: 'Oh because the graveyard is near this other wing of the
> > castle and it's going to play an important part in number six 
> > because such and such and such.' 
> > 
> > --- End Quote ---
> >

> 
> CRobo:
> 
> This is different than the first version I read.  Somewhere.  
> Forgive me, I don't have the link, but it was no doubt off The Leaky 
> Cauldron.  At any rate, the first version I read led me to believe 
> that JKR didn't want a graveyard in POA because of the major scene 
> of GOF.
> 
> My 2 cents.
> CRobo.

bboy_mn:

Well, I can't say with any absolute authority, but the interviewer
(Lizo) works for CBBC Newround and has done several private interviews
with the cast and crew of HP. So, I respect the accuracy of what is
quote. 

Many times what you read in an article about the movie or the cast is
a writer who is sampling and paraphrasing bits and pieces of someone
else's interview. Newround's interviews are first hand.

Also, there should be no doubt that Cuaron is giving his impression
and interpretation of what JKR said; "...because such and such and
such..." is a pretty strong clue to that. His statement is by no means
an absolute fact or a direct quote of JKR. 

None the less, his point is that JKR said the graveyard couldn't be at
that location. That may have been significant, or it simple could have
been JKR with her superior and detailed knowledge saying no more than,
the graveyard is not there, it's on the other side of the castle.
Cuaron may have expanded that statement with his own assumed
significants, but that is speculation on my part. 

I also suspect that CBBC Newsround records their interview, and
therefore we are reading a transcript rather than the interviews best
recollection of what was said.

I'm usually very good at speculating and fantasizing reasons for
various details, but I'm stumped as to why Hogwart's graveyard could
be significant. If it were just an insignificant detail like the
location of the Hogwart's gardens and cabbage patch, why would JKR
care where the director put it? If it is truly significant, then how
could it possibly fit into the story?

just curious.

bboy_mn