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Cary Fukunaga looks for more layers in every frame, urging creators to push beyond the obvious. This short set captures his reflective, detail‑driven approach.

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To do action without cuts is infinitely more exciting.

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There's nothing I find more lazy than unmotivated camerawork just to make things look interesting.

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If you're directing, it doesn't really matter any more if it's going straight to TV - what matters is whether you have…

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The anticipation-speculation that comes with a weekly schedule is a double-edged sword. Because people have more time to talk about things, some…

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It's a treat and daunting to be directing someone like Judi Dench, who's made more films than I'll ever make in my…

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I'm never more miserable than when I write, and never more happy than having finished and having it sitting in front of…

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Some directors don't get involved in the cinematography and are just about story, but I'm definitely more tactile than that in terms…

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It's easy to make something avant garde. To do something in the traditional way is much more brave in the sense that…

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With 'Sin Nombre,' there are parts that I wish were longer. And with 'Jane Eyre' especially, there were parts that I had…

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Casting directors I don't think are the best in Mexico at street casting. Whereas, I think, in New York and in L.A.,…

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An eight-hour movie is definitely not a two-hour movie. An eight-hour movie is really like five independent films, if you think about…

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The only pressure is the pressure I put on myself, that's up to be I guess to mitigate that. I think there's always pressure…

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One of the great things about working with Focus is that you're never forced, especially with a film with low budget. The pressure is…

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When I see an image in my head that compels me, where there's this mystery about what's going to happen next or could happen…

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I wrote my first script, which was 50 pages, at age 15. It was about two brothers in love with the same nurse while…

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My mom loved the old black-and-white films.

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I think the only reason people use PCs is because they have to. Mac is the most streamlined computer there is. I started using…

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The apartments are made for eels.

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I have tremendous faith that there will be greater films to come.

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If you think of most murders as being between people who know each other, it's very easy to figure out who the killer is.…

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I've written immense love letters that are supposed to be opened over days at a time.

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I started writing stories when I was 9 or 10. I wrote my first screenplay-type document when I was 14.

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It's nice to represent to other people in the world that Americans actually do know what's happening in the world, can speak other languages…

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If you have something really important you want to say, you have to read your audience, I guess.

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I enjoy setting the scene and coming up with interesting frames. 'True Detective' was a very hands-on set.

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Sometimes the best set experiences make for the worst films. So, you don't want it to be too good an experience! But the bulk…

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