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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.
Ti West
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Ti West
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: October 5
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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.
Ti West
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.
Ti West
I mean PJ - James Ransone - he was a friend of mine, he probably heard all this stuff, but for the rest of the cast [Valley of Violence], we mostly just talked about their characters and things like that. That was the business at hand.
Ti West
I'm doing an over-the-shoulder shot on a dog. I'm putting the camera behind the dog's shoulder. This is craziness. You just accept it in the movie [Valley of Violence], but when you make the movie, it's the weirdest thing. There's dog coverage, like it's a person.
Ti West
In general, I go to see the stuff that for me is, Thank God for that actor, he's doing something that I never imagined thank God for this filmmaker, because if this person didn't exist, this movie wouldn't exist. That's why I go to the movies. That, to me, is what's so exciting about this movie.
Ti West
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.
Ti West
I do think, even though I've made these genre movies, there's what happens in the movie and then there's what the movie's about. And for me, what the movie's about is so much more interesting.
Ti West
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.
Ti West
If you make just a straight scary movie, people are just - you don't know what they're thinking.
Ti West
It's a combination of yes - making a movie about the characters - and then, also, budget.
Ti West
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.
Ti West
If people don't like [my film], the ship's sailed. There's nothing I can do about that.
Ti West
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.
Ti West
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.
Ti West
I think having funny characters is just one way of having three-dimensional characters.
Ti West
As filmmakers, the Western is a historic, cool thing to be a part of once in your life.
Ti West
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.
Ti West
I always talk about movies a lot beforehand, and then we would get there, and I'd say, Let's play around and see how it goes. And they would do it, and I'd go, Well, that was awesome. It was really - I don't know, it was really special to watch them.
Ti West
I like movies that leave things in the hands of the audience.
Ti West
There's nothing stopping you from making movies. You can always make and try different things.
Ti West