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As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.
Fede Alvarez
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Fede Alvarez
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: February 9
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St. Louis
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What some of the early horror genre masters knew, and what I know, is that the audience are perverts, but in the best possible way.
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I don't want to spoon-feed the audience, like, This is the funny guy, this is one you hate, this is the one you like. A lot of movies do that. They don't really give you a choice. They show you the jock, and he's an idiot, and everybody has to hate him. You have no choice.
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Usually you always see first cut is an extended version, because it's basically everything you shot, and you have that version and then you start cutting stuff out.
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Definitely my favorite cut is the one that got put out. That's my favorite version of the film, the one that I put in theaters. That's my directors cut, there's no question about it.
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There's a reason people use CGI: it's cheaper and faster. I hate that.
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I love just about every aspect of the filmmaking except acting. I would never be able to do that, but the rest I really enjoy.
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Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will laugh.
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I think violence in movies, for it to work, you have to use it smartly. People get numb very fast. If you have too much violence in the beginning, it gets to a point where you don't feel it.
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There's so much stuff going on behind the cameras. Sometimes people think these things are done certain ways and when you watch that you see how hard and down and dirty it was.
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It's a convention, but in horror movies the female characters usually tend to believe easier in a supernatural event.
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If you think about it, a lot of great horror films have bad sequels just because the market demands you to make the other one right away.
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In another life, I would love to be the art guy - a production designer or a maybe even a composer.
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Most filmmakers go out with the first feature and nobody cares.
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I think a good actor will always know the character better than anybody.
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In my everyday life, I can be as square as I want. But when it comes to movies and telling stories, I can't. I've got to be radical, and on some level, that's what I like to do.
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In general I think the inspiration was to think about all those movies that I saw as a kid and never knew they were remakes, because I know there's probably another kid going to watch Evil Dead who has no idea.
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For me it sounds weird saying that the filmmakers respect the film. I don't imagine that there's other ways to make a film, but unfortunately there is.
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I try not to be spectacular with the camera. I try to be a witness of what's going on.
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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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