New Zealander - Director | October 7, 1967 -
To me, regardless of who's in office, the government is strangled by business. And the government's priorities are dictated by business. I mean, why does America, even after healthcare reform, still not have free universal healthcare? I'm sure it has something to do with the insurance lobby.
Andrew Dominik
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I always feel that crime films are about capitalism because it is a genre where it is perfectly acceptable for all the characters to be motivated by the desire for money. In some ways, the crime film is the most honest American film because it portrays Americans as I experience a lot of them, in Hollywood, as being very concerned with money.
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I don't think human beings have changed in 2,000 years.
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Sometimes you do complete run-throughs of scenes, sometimes you break scenes down into little bits. It just depends on what the actors like to do. It's almost like jamming.
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Sometimes you see a movie and you can really feel that it's an actor putting in a performance. Someone said 'cut' and they're back in their trailer having a coffee or getting their hair done.
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A lot of writing's going down dead ends that don't go anywhere.
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I don't know whether crime is dictating business or business is dictating crime.
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Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesn't have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants.
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America's moved so much of its production and manufacturing offshore, it's become a nation of middlemen.
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Everybody is always trying to make the best movie they can. It's a process.
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Anything that's memorable about a movie is often what a test audience will object to because they're being asked to be experts. They just compare the film they finished watching to all of the other films that they've seen.
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I like test screenings. I like to see a movie with an audience of strangers. I think it tells you a lot.
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