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Everything Jumpy could do [in Valley of Violence] was too much. If I put it in the movie you would all check out. When he wraps himself up in the blanket, that's as far as I could go, and that's not even close. The dog's amazing.

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Ti West
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: October 5
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We've become so postmodern as an audience and we're so familiar with the style of horror movies that they all kind of feel the same. I think if you can do something a little bit unexpected, then you as a filmmaker end up being one step ahead again. I think that's the key.
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I don't think you want to preach to people. I don't think In A Valley Of Violence, and the same with The Sacrament, there's a social commentary and a political element to both the films, but it's not like, Think this because I think this.
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Tommy Nohilly, who plays Tubby [ Valley of Violence], he came down to see the movie for the first time and I was like, You've got to come just to see people react to your [big scene]. I knew that would go well, but it's satisfying to me when he's sitting there and it actually does.
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You have to. But I generally try - I'll creep in the back. I'll be outside. I'll pace around. I don't really get that nervous about whether people like [my films].
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I found Jumpy on YouTube. I wrote a movie about a guy with a dog and was like, What have I done? This is going to be a nightmare. We're a small movie and we're never going to be able to do this.
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It's very important to me to find ways to relate the audience to the characters. This is the first thing to go in most mainstream horror films.
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The hardest animal was the vulture. But the horses were great, the dog was great [in Valley of Violence]. It was really easy.
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From a performance standpoint, it just gives [actors] so much - I had such a great cast [ in Valley of Violence] - and it gives them the ability to go wild with it and to have performances that are memorable.
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That's what's interesting about people. It can be funny, but when [John] Travolta got there and did [comic moments] you're like, Oh! This is really funny. Or when Karen [Gillan] and Taissa [Farmiga] do something, I'm like, This came out so much funnier.
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There's nothing stopping you from making movies. You can always make and try different things.
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The bad guys, when they start getting picked off, they're upset that their friends died, too. But that's the thing. That's what life is. It's that weird gray area.
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It's funny, because I don't think of my films as slow-burn. I don't even know if I was familiar with the phrase until people started labeling me with it.
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If people don't like [my film], the ship's sailed. There's nothing I can do about that.
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I've done it with all my films. I always keep an eye on the first time I show it because... I don't know. Neurosis.
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Ethan [Hawke] just - they got along great. He got to act with a dog, for real, and it felt like Jumpy was acting with him. It was a surreal thing to watch. When you watch the movie [Valley of Violence], you just kind of accept it. But if you do think about how we show - there's a dog and a movie star interacting - and you buy it. That's crazy.
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I'd been all hyped about it, I was like, Please come, and to have that and know Tommy Nohilly is probably going like, This is cool, it makes me feel good.
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It's not the plot [of Valley of Violence] - the plot is the reason to get all these things to happen, all these character moments to happen. It was always meant to have these two perspectives.
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One of my favorite scenes of the movie [Valley of Violence] is when Ethan Hawke is sitting at the campfire with the dog.
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Typically, in Westerns, people who are in a Western feel like they're in a Western. It's almost like they know they do all these Western things.
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It is a very classic Western [Valley of Violence], and if you like Westerns, you'll like this movie, but there's a tone to it that's all its own that I think is unique and memorable.
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