A lot of films mistake convolutedness for complexity. To me, a simple story can be a powerful spine to build around. — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
I've been watching films my whole life and am completely obsessed with them. — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'm a sequels kind of person. I prefer each film to have its own unique identity. — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
Mandy' came from grief and depression. I wanted this to be an outward volcanic expulsion of the emotion of my first film. — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
Well, I think if you're telling a story, a three act structure will just naturally emerge out of it. But I also… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
My goal from the very beginning was to make very visually lush, juicy films that you can really sink your teeth into.… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
Well, I'm really interested in the idea of making genre films, but movies have a much more personal undercurrent to them and… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
If I'm going to sell out, I'm going to sell out all the way, so a bid by the studio would be… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
When I was a kid I wasn't allowed to watch horror movies at all. And actually, one of the genesis points for… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
I try to look at the films as I make them from a distance, in a way. I think of them as… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
I've always liked the idea of merging esoteric art cinema with down-and-dirty exploitation films. — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
I think making a film is as much knowing what you don't like as what you do like, and avoiding the things… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
There was a time in my life when I would literally go see every single film that came out in the theaters.… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
Well, I think it's important to have some kind of a narrative engine that pushes the audience through the landscape. But I… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
I've had a VHS collection for many, many years. But I would prefer to watch a movie in the best format possible. — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
My goal from the very beginning was to make very visually lush, juicy films that you can really sink your teeth into. That's always… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
I try to look at the films as I make them from a distance, in a way. I think of them as kind of… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
In the night there's sometimes a sort of cursed quality to the Pacific Northwest. — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
Well, when I was really young and we lived in Sweden, the only films that were around at that point were... We had this… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
I think what I was unconsciously expressing in 'Black Rainbow' was a very abstract and metaphorical grief, in the way I had suppressed my… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
I think most religious belief structures are essentially like mind viruses. — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
I don't know anybody who goes horseback riding at sunset, but everybody watches TV and eats. — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
We moved around a lot when I was younger. I never really felt at home until we moved to Canada, but even then, I… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
I just find there's nothing funnier and more scary than a delusional man who thinks they're the center of the universe, and in fact… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
My mother died in 1997 and I spiralled into this self-destructive vortex of trying to annihilate my consciousness. I was afraid to face the… — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
