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"Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists."
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"I mean, I don't mind promoting a movie, or talking to the press if it's going to be used in some way."
"Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole studio process of making and releasing films."
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"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 real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students an idea of what's happening."
"However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years."
"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."
"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."
"So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point."
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