When I was a kid, I was obsessed with heavy metal, Van Halen, Motley Crue. The older I got, my tastes widened. I always felt an attraction to the attitudes of punk; also punk filmmakers, like Richard Kern. — 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
