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Dancer in the Dark is an example of what it looks like when a filmmaker tries to appease financial backers. We got half our budget from anti-capital punishment people. Their only demand was to see a gut-wrenching execution scene. The other half came from… Continue reading
Demolition Man is this kick-ass action movie I made to make fun of Christians. I figure it's probably about the best punch in the soul those wieners ever got. Four out of five Christians disagree, so I know I must have done something right. Before we get to… Continue reading
Nerds really burn my ass. There used to be a time when the world knew what to do with a nerd. We knew what they looked like. We knew how they acted. We knew how bad they wanted to be just like us. They got swirlies, wedgies, nuggies, and sometimes just a… Continue reading
The other day I was playing Wii Fit with Walter Hill. I said to him, "Hey Walt, I just watched that first Rambo movie." "Yeah? What'd you think? (huff, huff, cough)" "For a crazy killing machine, he sure spends a lot of time not killing people." "He kills one… Continue reading
In every orphan's life there comes a time to search for roots. It's a matter of natural curiosity, like how every hot girl eventually needs to kiss another hot girl. No one can fight human nature. Superman in particular gets his little ass whipped by it on a… Continue reading
There is less going on in Kuffs than you might think. My original name for it was Iago 2000, but Shakespeare's people wanted too much for the licensing. My next choice was The Adventures of Shithead, but I had a friend named Shithead and I thought people gave… Continue reading
When you make a good film, it gets seen by millions of people. If you make an effective piece of drama, all those people get emotionally invested. When you make a film with a message, you are telling an entire generation of people what to think, and they will… Continue reading
If Jesus had a girlfriend, and that girlfriend got her throat slit by an English pig, he would immediately stop being Jesus and start being Braveheart. My movie is that sentence, but without the ‘if' at the beginning. William Wallace/Braveheart/Jesus is… Continue reading
Recently, some ding-dong made a movie called The Happening where people run away from evil wind. Well, a long time ago Sam Strange made the ULTIMATE movie where people run away from evil wind! It was called Twister, and it blew you away. Aside from rampaging… Continue reading
I made Little Miss Sunshine to win a bet. I'd tell you the details of the bet, but they are simply too depressing. Let's just say it's a bet I would have been ecstatic to lose. American audiences have room in their heart for one independent film a year. They… Continue reading
Gotcha! is a metaphor about the dangers boys face when transitioning into men. It touches on highly charged political issues of the time, and highlights Americanism and the role it plays on the international stage. I made it for money, a fat, steaming, "fuck… Continue reading
People totally misinterpret my movie The Perfect Storm by calling it a tragedy. That really boggles my mind. I don't see what's so tragic about it. Listen, if a bunch of guys begging to get killed GET KILLED, it's not a tragedy. It's science. The movie takes… Continue reading
