“To me it's not so much that the movies are slow-paced as much as they are about spending time building a relationship between the audience and the characters. If you don't spend an adequate amount of time doing this, then how can you expect to scare anyone?” IfsCharacterAudienceBuildingAmountSpendingScareAdequateSpending Time Author:Ti West
“I think having funny characters is just one way of having three-dimensional characters.” ThinkingWayCharacterThreeOne WayHaving FunJust OneFunny Character Author:Ti West
“It's very important to me to find ways to relate the audience to the characters. This is the first thing to go in most mainstream horror films.” WayFirstsImportantCharacterFilmAudienceHorrorRelateMainstreamHorror Film Author:Ti West
“It's not the plot [of Valley of Violence] - the plot is the reason to get all these things to happen, all these character moments to happen. It was always meant to have these two perspectives.” TwoReasonMomentsCharacterHappensViolencePerspectivePlotValleys Author:Ti West
“I mean PJ - James Ransone - he was a friend of mine, he probably heard all this stuff, but for the rest of the cast [Valley of Violence], we mostly just talked about their characters and things like that. That was the business at hand.” MeanCharacterHandsStuffViolenceHeardMinesCastsValleysPjs Author:Ti West
“It's a combination of yes - making a movie about the characters - and then, also, budget.” CharacterCombinationBudgets Author:Ti West
“You want to be able to say [to Ethan Hawke's character], "Dude, it's okay," but maybe it's not. Maybe he's not a good person. I don't know. That's the thing about people. There is no real good guy or bad guy [in A Valley Of Violence]. It's all context.” PeopleKnowsWantPersonsRealCharacterAbleGuyViolenceOkayValleysBad GuysGood PersonGood Guy Author:Ti West
