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“Yeah, I think to make art and horror successful you…” quote by Ti West — Download Open image

“Yeah, I think to make art and horror successful you need a strong contrast. Otherwise, it just becomes titillation and shock value. That's not interesting to me.”

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It's not the plot [of Valley of Violence] - the plot is the reason to get all these things to happen, all these character…

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Technology has just been the major progression of the last 15 years - instant communication. That stuff has gone so global. That's what's interesting…

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I wrote [Valley of Violence] entirely with James Ransone in mind. I get such a joy out of watching his performance and seeing people…

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Older actresses apparently have no sense of humor about being older actresses.

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I like movies that leave things in the hands of the audience.

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Conversations about piracy don't have to be condemning. They don't have to be preachy, self serving or reactionary.

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Much of the stuff I relate to is from the Eighties, at least cinematically.

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Because everybody is so ADD and everybody is trying to move the plot so fast, there's very little sense of geography in movies anymore.…

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You get to actually make your movie. As a filmmaker, that's the dream. That's why you get up in the morning, to be able…

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It would be dishonest to say winning an Oscar wouldn't be awesome. I'm sure it would be great, but if it matters all that…

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In general, I go to see the stuff that for me is, "Thank God for that actor, he's doing something that I never imagined;…

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It's one of those things, when you look back on it, you'd go, "Oh, I could've done without that. If I could go back…

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