Dutch - Director | October 22, 1943 -
One of the most amazing locations I've ever been is the top of the volcano in Tanzania, Africa. It's an actual volcano where you really have this lava every day.
Jan de Bont
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The quality of CGI, audiences are now so used to it. They don't know what is CGI and what is real.
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I think the audience would like to see movies that are stunning to watch. I really think they'd like to see spectacles.
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As a director, you try to find what is creative.
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Summer movies are spectacles; that's what you pay 10 dollars to see. You want to get teased by effects sometimes. I think that will never stop.
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I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life.
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Lara Croft is such a strong individual, she's very driven, she doesn't need a man, she's speaks her own mind, and that she's in control of her own life. It's a lot of what women want and have.
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Angelina wanted to make sure that any fighting in the movie would be comparable to any male actor. Everything from stick fighting to horse riding was real to her.
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We're all complex human beings, and if some of that complexity shows through, I think it's advantageous for the movie.
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Being in an area of the planet where scientists believe mankind started is quite amazing.
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In regards to The Haunting, people compared it to the old movie, which is unfair. We didn't have the rights to the movie. I couldn't duplicate a single thing because that would have been legal infringement.
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It's always an enormous pressure when you do a sequel. The demands are so high, and it's expensive.
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