Chung on Aeon Flux
Excerpts from an MTV Movies feature on Aeon Flux, but I’m certain Chung is only talking about the animated series.
“Refusing to pigeonhole his creation as action or sci-fi, thriller or drama, Chung insists that he “never understood why you couldn’t have a James Bond movie that dealt with psychology and metaphysics. My description of my own agenda [for the 'Aeon Flux' television show] was ‘James Bond directed by Ingmar Bergman.’”
“It’s a universal tendency in films to be more about sex and violence than the real world is,” he argues. Asked if he thinks “Aeon Flux,” the TV show, was more sexually charged than most people’s personal lives, he readily admits that he just doesn’t know.
“But I would pose the opposite question,” he adds. “Why are so many characters that you see on TV so desexualized? A lot of them seem to be completely asexual — especially animated characters — and it implies that those characters are normal. The characters in ‘Aeon Flux’ are normal people who have normal sex lives and appetites”
“The reason I created the show,” he continues, “is because it’s the show I wanted to see myself. That may seem obvious, but it’s actually not the most common attitude among people who work in the movie industry. Many people work on stuff that they have no interest in seeing themselves.”"
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