I take things from everywhere, and I still haven't figured out where I took [some things] from. Fede Alvarez More Quotes by Fede Alvarez More Quotes From Fede Alvarez Most filmmakers go out with the first feature and nobody cares. Fede Alvarez filmmaker care firsts 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. Fede Alvarez film cutting directors Sci-fi is definitely something that I've been wanting to do again since Panic Attack and I want to do it on a feature scale. Fede Alvarez panic-attacks sci-fi want 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. Fede Alvarez demand horror thinking 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. Fede Alvarez film sound way Every day I spend in Hollywood I start to realize how many films are made with no heart and no love. They just do it for the paycheck and I cannot imagine making a film that way. Fede Alvarez hollywood heart way I'm inspired when I find out about something that I didn't know was a remake. Fede Alvarez remakes inspired knows 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. Fede Alvarez inspiration kids thinking 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. Fede Alvarez people dirty thinking Maybe because I'm a child of the 80's, but for me a sequel is a story that follows the previous one, and sometimes if you haven't seen the original then you don't understand the second one. Fede Alvarez stories sometimes children That's kind of my ideal sequel - a movie that continues the story, takes one character and moves on, and moves forward with that character that survived with the first one. Fede Alvarez stories character moving 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. Fede Alvarez cutting stuff firsts I need to create a whole cinematic experience. I think that's what it takes to get the audience to the theater and justify seeing [a movie] on a big screen. You have to give them a cinematic experience. Fede Alvarez giving needs thinking I've seen a lot of movies that were great and scary, but not particularly fancy in their filmmaking or performance. And they're still scary, and I think a good horror movie should be scary above all things. Fede Alvarez fancy scary thinking Comedy is all about the joke. Comedies usually don't do anything fancy with the camera [or] the lighting. It doesn't matter. It should never be fancy. Fede Alvarez fancy cameras matter You don't see a wonderful shot in a comedy. Why? Because they don't want to distract you from what matters, which is the joke. It has to be funny, so usually all the things in the background don't matter. Fede Alvarez comedy what-matters want I think the more honest you are with the storytelling, the better it works. Fede Alvarez storytelling honest thinking 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. Fede Alvarez guy hate giving I really don't like to go for the stereotypes. I try to give you characters that you don't know until you get to know them, and [decide] how you should feel about them. Fede Alvarez trying giving character When you're a director you always feel weird with another director watching over your shoulder. Fede Alvarez shoulders over-you directors
