In the case of 'The Lovely Bones,' I felt that it was subject matter not often dealt with in film, and with a tone that is also rare.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
With the black and white films, one was concerned with tone.
I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film.
It's funny: the reason I did 'Beautiful Creatures' was the same reason I did everything else - even though it was a genre film and existed at a more studio level, the script and the characters were so well written.
I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.
Sometimes the nature of a big movie, the nature of the material, the scene doesn't have the richness that you'd want it to.
It's rare that movies can sort of capture the tone of life; movies always feel like they have to be one thing or another.
I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people's minds.
In Tim's films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don't get the film.
I was always trying, even in pure action movies, to find what was sensitive about the character more than the pure action.
I'm not sure I agree with the thesis, because I think that even though something grotesque or gross has been part of film since way back, what we accept or what we can get away with on the screen is broader now.