All topics, issues, and subjects in 'The Room' add to the depth of the characters in the movie, and they are equally important.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Trying to make something as tricky as 'Room' really believable is extremely hard, and it largely rests with that relationship between the actors and the director, and the director and the crew.
As the director, I try to go in and know as much as I can about the material. I really try to go in and understand what all the characters are about, what the movie's going to look like.
I have no memory for what happens in what books. I don't know when I might remember a scene, but beats me what book it's in because there are 14 of them now.
The movies are all about visual, and television is all about character and dialogue.
The subjects have to come with questions for me. I don't make films where I'm a massive fan.
Subject matter that is not bound to reality offers more opportunity to write a unique story and cinematically present it in very unique ways.
The writer's room is a really interesting place to be.
Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
Journalism can go right up to the door of the room in which the decisions are made. A novel can go inside the room - and inside the character's heads.
I think, for a love story, the most important element is the music, since you don't have action sequences or item numbers. It really draws in the audience and adds to at least 70 percent of the opening of the movie.