I love REAL set construction and think that sets are very important part of the storytelling and scope of a film.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI think damage to the eye or damage to the teeth is one of the most universally cringing things you can do in a movie and these are very fragile sounds.
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I like John Carpenter. I like some of his films more than others
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Movies that look safe are less interesting.
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If you don’t take it personally, the partnership between producers and directors is very intimate.
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I think once a Catholic, always a Catholic. You never escape. I still have Catholic guilt. It is in its basis a really powerful religion and a really strong set of beliefs. They permeate my work in many ways.
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Its a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs.
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I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don’t see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with cinema.
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You give yourself to the world for people to either praise or destroy.
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I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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Ghosts are a metaphor that can be interpreted so many different ways. There’s no ending to what you can do. You can make it a fun ghost story. You can make it a deeply disturbing, psychological ghost story.
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The underground of the city is like what’s underground in people. Beneath the surface, it’s boiling with monsters.
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I only produce movies that have something stylistically different, so that I can learn from the experience of producing.
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I think making small movies reminds you of the effort. When you make big movies, the effort is to fight for freedom. When you make small movies, the effort is making the day, making the budget, and it’s great, too.
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Somebody said to me, in a very well-meaning way, at a screening, “We love the movie but it’s too violent. If you tone down the violence you could reach a great audience of kids.”.
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Power revealed is power sacrificed. The truly powerful exert their influence in ways unseen, unfelt. Some would say that a thing visible is a thing vulnerable.
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I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue
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