I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound. Sam Raimi More Quotes by Sam Raimi More Quotes From Sam Raimi I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise. Sam Raimi criticism praise people R is for wussies if you're talking about blood and guts. Sam Raimi guts talking blood I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place. Sam Raimi cameras film firsts Well it's always been an element of the horror film to show us the gross out. I mean that's one option for all filmmakers making a horror film and it's not something I've found myself above either. Sam Raimi elements horror mean I don't really approach stories to make them different from other stuff I've seen, I just try to get into the character, into his or her head. Try to make it as funny, as scary or as wild as I can so that I really like it. Sam Raimi scary trying character Rob [Tapert], myself and Bruce Campbell sat in hundreds of drive-insnot hundreds, but tens of drive-ins, watching these movies and learning how they were made, and we started to make our own in Super 8. And that’s really how we got into horror films. After a while we learned to really like them, and the craft that went into them. Sam Raimi crafts horror film As I began making my feature films, it was a great adventure. It was about constructing something I saw in my head or I had designed on storyboards and capturing that on film. Sam Raimi saws film adventure I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently. Sam Raimi another-chance trying thinking I don't like shows, I don't like to put on a show, I just really want to work intimately with my actors. Sam Raimi actors shows want I like something where I can really use my imagination and be an active participant in the construction of the monster and usually that's in the world of the supernatural or the world of the fantastic, so that's why those kinds of stories about demons and the supernatural appeal to me or maybe I'm really interested in that subject. Sam Raimi imagination stories monsters The domination of one's spirit and mind is not a pretty thing, but I think it happens. Sam Raimi spirit mind thinking I've always loved... actually I didn't always love horror films. I started out and I only liked comedies and dramas. Sam Raimi comedy horror drama Every filmmaker knows that when you make a book into a movie, the first thing you have to do is kill the book, unfortunately. You've got to recreate it. Sam Raimi filmmaker book firsts My father told me to dress to reflect the respect you have for the people around you. I've never forgotten that. Sam Raimi dresses father people I used to get headaches in 3D movies, and I didn't want the movie to give people headaches. Sam Raimi want giving people When we read stories of heroes, we identify with them. We take the journey with them. We see how the obstacles almost overcome them. We see how they grow as human beings or gain qualities or show great qualities of strength and courage and with them, we grow in some small way. Sam Raimi quality journey hero You know, I put my little brother in the movies and he's still in the pictures. My mother makes me put him in the pictures. Sam Raimi brother mother littles Every picture has been a learning opportunity for me. Sam Raimi has-beens opportunity Money opens up wonderful worlds of possibilities. Sam Raimi possibility wonderful world I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it. Sam Raimi sequels audience made
