For what it’s worth, I prefer Song of the Sea.) Moore has also cited The Jungle Book and Mike Newell’s Into the West as influences, but I keep coming back to Miyazaki.
His previous works include "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Enchanted April", and "Into the West", nothing that would indicate a penchant for the gore of a gang hit.
But he's also the director of the noirish Dance with a Stranger and the bleakly lyrical Into the West, and he brings to Brasco a puckish melancholy, an acrid humor, and a blithe resignation.
"Four Weddings and a Funeral" has been directed by Mike Newell , with the same kind of light-hearted enchantment that made his "Enchanted April" (1991) and last year's "Into the West" so seductive.
Mike Newell, whose recent directing credits include Enchanted April and Into the West, continues to show a deft hand when it comes to good, escapist fun.