I realized that I really, almost by accident, had fallen into a labyrinthine, very powerful paradigm for dealing with these things through genre films. And once I realized that and realized the power of it, and the fact that because… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
I believe the cinema is one of our principal forms of art. It is an incredibly powerful way to tell uplifitng stories that can move people to cry with joy and inspire them to reach for the stars. — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
You can look at what's happened to America in the last years and say a lot of people were asleep. A lot of people… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
I have felt over the years a definite progression or arc from feeling guilty about what I had done with the first one [film],… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
I realized that I really, almost by accident, had fallen into a labyrinthine, very powerful paradigm for dealing with these things through genre films.… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
I came to terms with living mostly in a world of horror pictures or genre pictures. I have had a few chances to get… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
People who are kind of at the cutting edge of life and survival, and being near the nitty-gritty, like my films, and I like… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
But I made him the Deputy Secretary for Homeland Security because that added an element of political espionage. — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
I did have the resource of having taught Greek mythology and the history of Western civilization, and you can go back into the plays… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
I'm writing a film called 'Bug.' It's an original script, and it's not about killer insects. It's a thriller set in a high school.… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
Something like Nightmare On Elm Street, to me, was kind of an examination of levels of consciousness and the pain of facing the truth,… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
As long as you keep the audience on the edge of their seats, either scare them or keep them guessing, you can put anything… — Wes Craven Copy Share Image
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