Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible because I became so aware of the camera placement.

He was also planning to direct two other films: War Magician and Shadow Divers. It became a major box-office hit and is without doubt one of Weir's best-known films for mainstream audiences. He was to direct a film adaptation of William Gibson's 2003 novel Pattern Recognition.

Peter Lindsay Weir AM (born 21 August 1944) is an Australian film director.