I’m an unusual director in that my cut is usually shorter then the final released film. I like short films.
BARRY SONNENFELD
It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing.
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I’m an unusual director in that my cut is usually shorter then the final released film. I like short films.
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Growing up, my fascination was all things dinosaur, and as an adult, I’ve had some success making films about aliens, so this is a dream come true.
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I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
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They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh.
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I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out that if you validate the good reviews, you also have to validate the bad reviews.
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And my feeling was if I was going to succeed as a director, I had to just be a director and give up the safety net of being a cameraman.
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It always happens at the end that you’re always under the gun because of various schedules and all that.
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The weird thing is that I hate to fly, and the quote that I give people is that every time I get off a plane, I view it as a failed suicide attempt.
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These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.
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I haven’t read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.
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Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he’s a really big star. We were already working with really big stars, but Michael is Michael.
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By definition a sequel can’t be original. So you’ve got to figure out what worked the first time around.
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I don’t believe in leaving a scene in because it was really hard to shoot, or because it’s the reason you took the movie, or because you always wanted to work with an actor . . . If it’s not making the movie work, get rid of it.
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When I move from being a cameraman to being a director I looked at a lot of other cameramen who tried to make the move. And in each case they moved up their camera operator to be the DP, which really meant they didn’t want to give up being the DP, and really wanted to do both.
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The first cut I do is usually between five and 10 minutes shorter then the cut that we release.
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I’m not the one or two take guy, but I’m not the 20, 30, 50, 70 take guy either. If I do a bunch of takes, like more than five or six, it’s usually for some technical reasons.
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