Anything that's memorable about a movie is often what a test audience will object to because they're being asked to be experts. They just compare the film they finished watching to all of the other films that they've seen.
From Andrew Dominik
I like test screenings. I like to see a movie with an audience of strangers. I think it tells you a lot.
When you ask a bunch of people to see a film, and then invite them to comment on it and tell them it's a work-in-progress, they feel bound to offer an opinion.
Films that score very high with test audiences generally tend to not be so great. But, there's a lot of money involved in making movies, and it's a way for people to reassure themselves, who have spent money, and it's also a way to work out how to market a movie.
I really believed Obama when he spoke in 2008, but I remember watching his victory speech after this last election and it was the same speech. Exactly the same speech. I felt like he didn't even believe it anymore. He seemed to be tired of saying the same thing.
Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.
It seems like women don't want men to be men anymore. They want men to be women. But they really don't want what they say they want. It's very weird.
Crime is a job and it's boring. It's also unpleasant.
I write a number of screenplays, and I've never really come up with a part for a movie star.
Actors look for characters. If they read a well-written character, and if they think the director's not an idiot, they're going to sign up and do some acting.
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