I'm definitely a big believer in the notion that a heightened style can get you closer to an authentic human experience than so-called realism on film. There are films I love that have kind of a muted or realistic style,… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
Much of directing [a movie] is not directing but just listening and being present in the moment and just keeping your eyes open. — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
If you make something interesting, inevitably not everybody is going to like it. — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
It was so emotional to step onto the Millennium Falcon set because that was the play set we all had when we were kids.… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
The momentum of production keeps you from giving up, so it's really the editing and writing phases where things can look bleakest. — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
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… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
Then I saw it. I saw a mom who would die for her son. A man who would kill for his wife. A boy,… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
Rather than thinking in terms of a specific genre or specific kind of thing, I hope I can just stay relatively small and keep… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
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… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
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… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
Back before 'Brick,' I wrote a short film that I never ended up shooting: hit men in the present who work for a mob… — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
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.' — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
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