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> [With 'Brick' there was the Dashiell Hammett influence, and with 'Brothers Bloom' there was a really strong Fellini influence - both those movies wore that on their sleeve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/with-brick-there-was-the-dashiell-hammett-influence-and-with-brothers/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac1/rian-johnson-10580_bloom_with-brick-there-was-the-dashiell-hammet_1178782.jpg)

> [With 'Brick,' the style with language and the way it was shot was to create a world obviously elevated from the very first frame above a typical high school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/with-brick-the-style-with-language-and-the-way-it-was-shot-was-to/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/rian-johnson-10580_above_with-brick-the-style-with-language-and-t_1796464.jpg)

## Other authors on Brick

## More by Rian Johnson

> [If you make something interesting, inevitably not everybody is going to like it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/if-you-make-something-interesting-inevitably-not-everybody-is-going/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

> [It was so emotional to step onto the Millennium Falcon set because that was the play set we all had when we were kids.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/it-was-so-emotional-to-step-onto-the-millennium-falcon-set-because/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

> [The momentum of production keeps you from giving up, so it's really the editing and writing phases where things can look bleakest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/the-momentum-of-production-keeps-you-from-giving-up-so-it-s-really/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

> [All my favorite movies are somebody else's least favorite movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/all-my-favorite-movies-are-somebody-else-s-least-favorite-movie/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

> [Unlike some of the time-travel movies I love, like 'Primer' or '12 Monkeys,' 'Looper' is not about time travel. It's about this situation that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/unlike-some-of-the-time-travel-movies-i-love-like-primer-or-12/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

> [Then I saw it. I saw a mom who would die for her son. A man who would kill for his wife. A boy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/then-i-saw-it-i-saw-a-mom-who-would-die-for-her-son-a-man-who-would/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

> [Rather than thinking in terms of a specific genre or specific kind of thing, I hope I can just stay relatively small and keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/rather-than-thinking-in-terms-of-a-specific-genre-or-specific-kind-of/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

> [Storytelling wise, you've gotta take it as far as you can possibly take it with each individual movie. If you're holding out something for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/storytelling-wise-you-ve-gotta-take-it-as-far-as-you-can-possibly/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

> [My filmmaking background has really just been making movies with my friends since I was 12 years old. That's how I feel I learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/my-filmmaking-background-has-really-just-been-making-movies-with-my/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

> [Back before 'Brick,' I wrote a short film that I never ended up shooting: hit men in the present who work for a mob…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/back-before-brick-i-wrote-a-short-film-that-i-never-ended-up-shooting/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

> [It took a while before I could sit across the table with Mark and not, every three seconds, think, 'I'm talking to Luke Skywalker.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/it-took-a-while-before-i-could-sit-across-the-table-with-mark-and-not/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

> [I was a musical theater kid in high school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/i-was-a-musical-theater-kid-in-high-school/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

> [Well, you know, we all grew up as 'Star Wars' fans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/well-you-know-we-all-grew-up-as-star-wars-fans/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

> [As to whether Luke is the 'Last Jedi,' they say in 'The Force Awakens' he's going to find the last Jedi temple and Luke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/as-to-whether-luke-is-the-last-jedi-they-say-in-the-force-awakens-he/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

> [Writing in a lot of ways feels more like excavation than construction. It feels like you're uncovering this thing bit by bit, discovering what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/writing-in-a-lot-of-ways-feels-more-like-excavation-than-construction/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

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