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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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You know it's always amazed me - I think the most startling thing that's happened in the last couple of decades is that there is no sort of objective reporting anymore.
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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.
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If anyone's been around some very long cocaine evenings, there's nothing that's in SCARFACE that we all haven't seen before.
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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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I don't see scarey films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.
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But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore.
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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.
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Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting thing when a new film of his is going to come out are his press conferences, because he's so brilliant.
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When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into the system and make a big hit.
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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'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.
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And we've become very doubtful of our information sources, because they're all controlled by these huge multilateral corporations.
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