Everybody has to know where they're coming from, what they're doing, why they're doing it, who they are. These are essentials. Eli Roth More Quotes by Eli Roth More Quotes From Eli Roth I felt people responded to two things. One, obviously, is the gore and the scenes like the eye gauging. Eli Roth eye two people I'd love to see us get to a point where you can make a movie and not worry about the limits of the violence. Then I think they'd get so violent that people would get bored of it. Eli Roth worry people thinking Hopefully we'll get to a point where people realize movies don't cause violence. It just reflects the violence going on in the culture. Eli Roth violence culture people Hopefully we'll get to a point where there are absolutely no restrictions on any kind of violence in movies. I'd love to see us get to a point where you can go to theaters and see movies unrated and that people know its not real violence. It's all pretend. It's all fake. It's just acting. It's just magic tricks. Eli Roth fake real people Sometimes you have this tragedy which turns into an incredible opportunity. Eli Roth tragedy opportunity sometimes You do need an outlet to release all of those fears. You build it up and then, when you go to a movie theater, it's the last place that it's socially acceptable to be terrified. It's saying that, for the next 90 minutes, you're allowed to be afraid and you're not a coward for feeling that way. Eli Roth coward feelings needs Even the European critics... They said Hostel is the smartest film they'd seen on capitalism and how it's gone too far. Eli Roth film gone said Quentin Tarantino faced the same backlash when his films came out until eventually people felt they were actually much smarter. Eli Roth tarantino film people Pulp Fiction won the Palme d'Or and people said: "Wait a minute, he's actually smart and he knows what he's doing!" I feel that with Hostel, any time you make a film like that it's going to illicit a strong reaction and you can't worry about that. Eli Roth smart strong people You'd be lucky to get tortured to death in one of my films. It's the best thing that could happen to your career. But I'm very aware that as soon as you put women in this situation, all of a sudden people are like: "Wow, well wait a second!" Immediately, people become very sensitive to it. Eli Roth careers waiting people I always feel that there's no violence in a movie - it's not real, it's a magic trick. Nobody is really dying. In fact, the people that die in my movies have gone on to become extremely successful! Eli Roth real successful people The difference is in Hostel it's in the theatre - it's in public but it's in a private place. You have to actively make a choice to want to go see it. It's not being forced on anyone. Whereas 24 you can be flipping channels and it's right there in your living room. Anyone has access to that. But that just shows how mainstream it is and how people are seeing this stuff on YouTube. People are scared of it. This is a subject matter that everyone's talking about and everyone's thinking about, particularly in American culture. Eli Roth differences talking thinking We live in an age now where so many people watch movies based on what Netflix recommends. It learns your taste and they really understand viewer habits. Eli Roth netflix age people The censors were great. There's always back and forth. But it's 'Hostel 2', it's not 'Happy Feet 2'. Everybody knows what Hostel is and people that are going to see it are going for more of what they loved in the original. No one is accidentally going to walk into it, no parent is accidentally going to take their child, and we're not pretending what it is in the advertising. We're saying it's very violent, it's very scary and a continuation of the first one. Eli Roth feet children people I started the film [Hostel Part II]with the girls in an art class and there's a nude male model. People think that women are objectified, well here you go! Here's a man being objectivized but now it's under the guise of art. Eli Roth girl men art My parents love it! They're on set. They make cameos in the movie. My father is a psycho-analyst and a professor at Harvard and he told me how many of the other professors at Harvard have gone and seen it. They love 'Hostel' and they love the thought behind it. Eli Roth parent gone father I like movies that work on two levels - like The Simpsons, kids can watch it and adults can watch it. Teenagers can watch Hostel and if they want to see a blood and guts violent movie they're going to have a great time. They're going to scream and yell, it's a great date movie because they're going to squeeze their date and their date is probably going to be too scared to go home... so you take them home and put on Dirty Dancing and everybody wins. Eli Roth teenager home dirty I want a movie that 30 years from now, people can look back and see it as a reflection of where the culture was at - as a barometer of the culture. Eli Roth reflection people years With 'Hostel II' I thought I had a very, very strong female audience so I'm going to make a movie that's going to appeal to them. The guys will love it, they'll have their moments. But there'll be a lot more male nudity in this one. I have a lot of sausage in this one! Eli Roth males guy strong I asked the same question, the answer is, for me, so many of the same problems that were plaguing the country - that crime is out of control and police are overwhelmed and there’s no way to stop it - still feel very relevant today. It feels like however far we’ve gone in other areas, we have not progressed in terms of crime. Eli Roth entertainment
