British - Director | September 26, 1969 -
I look for challenges. I really do.
David Slade
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I believe the most interesting thing to look at in the world is the human face, so that is why I tend to be a little closer to human faces than maybe other directors will be.
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I really appreciate gory movies.
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Being able to communicate what your vision is clearly and with specificity is the most important thing a director can do.
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When you are doing music videos through the '90s, which I did, and the 2000s, you were put in the position, really, as an independent filmmaker. You were being financed by a major record company or a minor record company or whatever.
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Suspense is a real tough beast in terms of the filmmaking.
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I thought, 'Who is the first vampire ever? It's Peter Murphy!'
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Film will always be my main focus, but designing and publishing my own work is something I will also always do.
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I don't do commentaries; I can't listen to them, either.
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Here I was, having done a thriller and a horror movie - why did I have the audacity to make a romantic fantasy? How can I continue to make genre films? Well, maybe I don't want to continue to make genre films.
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The vampires of '30 Days of Night' never really came into discussions early on. They did later when we were trying to figure out the pathology of the 'Twilight' vampires. '30 Days' is a completely different film. If you are a kid, please ask mum and dad before you watch that one!
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When I got the script for 'Eclipse,' I thought it was a damn good story.
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