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"I guess what's most surprised me in most of the reviews is that they don't seem to get the noir story in the dream sequence, so they analyze it like a straight noir movie."
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"An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world."
"Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?"
"Our imagination and hope become a reality if we have the courage to believe and take action to realize them."
"Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams."
"I would wonder if you could be a hero or heroine if you did not live in deep time, that is, Past, present, and future all at once."
"You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?""
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"And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous."
"But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore."
"I mean, I don't mind promoting a movie, or talking to the press if it's going to be used in some way."
"That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like some kind of recurring dream, with very strong archetypes operating. You know, the guilty girl being pursued, falling, all kinds of stuff that we see in our dreams all the time."
"Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists."
"I've dropped myself into straightforward character pieces in order to explore that form and reap its values. But you are sort of restricted visually when your first requirement is to tell a fairly straightforward story."
"The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting."
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