Chickens in some forms – roasted, for example – are perfectly acceptable to me, but look into their eyes while they are alive and bear witness to genuine, bottomless stupidity. They are the most horrifying and nightmarish creatures in this world. During production on Even Dwarfs Started Small I watched a group of chickens trying to cannibalise a one-legged comrade, and in Signs of Life and The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser I show audiences how to hypnotise them, which is ridiculously easy. Hold the bird to the ground and using a piece of chalk draw a straight line away from its head. Do that and
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