I think that 'Straw Dogs' as a story is eminently re-makable. It can be modernized and Americanized without a problem and without… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
When you make a movie like 'Straw Dogs,' your goal is to have people's eyes remain glued to the screen. It serves… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
The point of remaking 'Straw Dogs' is not to replicate the philosophies of Sam Peckinpah at all. What made that film singular… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I look at 'Straw Dogs' as a very imperfect movie. It's a little bit slow, and its themes are a little bit… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
If I have to answer one more time, 'Why did you want to remake 'Straw Dogs?'' with the emphasis on the word… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I was just nine years old when 'Straw Dogs' came out, so I can't really speak to the women of the time,… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
The truth is that we're not remaking Sam Peckinpah's 'Straw Dogs,' we're making 'Straw Dogs.' We're taking this story, and we're putting… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
There was scarcely a month during 1988 when Thomas Harris' novel, 'The Silence Of The Lambs,' was not on or around the top of… — Rod Lurie Copy Share
Now, I don't know about my peers, but I get nervous - okay, I genuinely freak out - when an actor starts trying on… — Rod Lurie Copy Share
I admire how Tarantino finds music that's semifamiliar and not famous: undiscovered gems. — Rod Lurie Copy Share
Simply stated, sometimes journalists can only get their information from informants who must remain anonymous in order to protect their careers and sometimes even… — Rod Lurie Copy Share
We make movies to endorse our own personal feelings. I am not, in fact, a documentary filmmaker. I've got my personal beliefs, and I'm… — Rod Lurie Copy Share
I think that most of the young officers I know are leftists and liberals and Democrats. And the reason is this: All of our… — Rod Lurie Copy Share
Marc Frydman and I are overwhelmed by the confidence Touchstone Television has shown in us, and we're thrilled to continue trying to knock 'em… — Rod Lurie Copy Share
Hollywood is enamored of the 20- to 30-year-old actress, but by the very nature of the life experience of the character, the roles cannot… — Rod Lurie Copy Share
Sometimes, anonymous sources, when merely stating opinions or running a smear campaign, are certainly cowards. — Rod Lurie Copy Share
I fell in love with 'Ben Hur' when I was 8 years old, and I just knew I had to be involved in movies,… — Rod Lurie Copy Share
I want to have a movie where people's eyes are glued to the screen, not when they're running from the screen. — Rod Lurie Copy Share
I remember watching movies like 'Fatal Attraction' and watching the audience go bananas at the end of the film. — Rod Lurie Copy Share
