There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Sometimes the writing can be so good that the actor doesn't really have to do anything.
I mean, everyone says Citizen Kane. It isn't that great, anyway. And Orson Welles I knew well, of course. He made other incredible films that no one would let him make, which were much better than Citizen Kane, really.
I personally think 'Chimes of Midnight' is a much better film than 'Citizen Kane.'
You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is fascinating, you can't take your eyes away from it... Look at some of the long takes in Citizen Kane.
I just think there's always room for humanity in acting, one can only hope, so when you bring in the whole life of a person that's playing a character, then surprises happen and are allowed to happen, and so it makes it more interesting.
When you think of a great twist or a red herring or a way of misdirecting the reader, it is good, but you know that they are just tricks at the end of the day, and the way to keep interest is to write characters that people care about.
There's such good writing now on television and I don't see a lot of great writing on films sadly.
The more secrets and twists in a character, the better.
It's become very popular in contemporary films to have the twist ending.
I mean suspense, twists are almost impossible these days.