“I still have every record company sending every new, hot track to me, to do music videos, so I'm chained by the foot to pop culture. I still know what kids dress like and speak like, and I still hang out with them. It's just the nature of my day job. I am a freak of nature that has to understand them.” KnowsStillsKidsJobsCultureSpeakCompanyRecordsFeetHotDressesTrackPopsVideoHanging OutFreakPop CultureRecord CompaniesChainedDay Jobs Author:Joseph M. Kahn
“I'm imagining there's a particular audience out there that's younger and older, too. It works on two levels. Do they exist? I don't know. I had to make it to find out if it does. When you do something this experimental, that's part of the process and part of the risk. I only spent my own money, so that I'm the only person that gets hurt, if it fails.” IfsKnowsPersonsDoeTwoProcessHurtMy OwnLevelsAudienceFailingRiskParticular Author:Joseph M. Kahn
“You know that that thing is going to be as crisp and as clean, as many times as you want to watch it. So, I knew that the film was going to be watched multiple times, a lot like with music videos. Music videos aren't designed to be watched once. They're designed to be watched hundreds of times. On a certain level, the film was dream logic-ed, like a music video” KnowsWantDreamFilmCertainLevelsWatchesLogicCleanVideoMultipleCrisps Author:Joseph M. Kahn