“It's funny, because I don't think of my films as "slow-burn." I don't even know if I was familiar with the phrase until people started labeling me with it.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsFilmFamiliarPhrasesLabeling 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
“If you make just a straight scary movie, people are just - you don't know what they're thinking.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsScary Author:Ti West
“Humor is more so. For this, there's definitely moments that I think, "I know this part is really funny and I want to see people laugh." And they do and you go, "Yesss." That's really satisfying, because I'm so proud of the performances in the movie and everybody worked so hard.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantHardMomentsLaughingProudPerformancesSatisfying Author:Ti West
“The movie [ The Innkeepers] is in no way a comedy, but I would put some of the funny scenes up against some of the funnier comedies this year. I think it's genuinely really funny, but it's out of the gallows.” ThinkingWayYearsComedySceneGallows Author:Ti West
“All those awkward moments - that's on the cast for doing such an amazing job. I think it was funny on the page, but when they did it, you definitely went, "Oh!" Watching it with a crowd that, like you said, was not expecting it to be funny, but then genuinely finding it funny, is totally a credit to their performances.” ThinkingSaidMomentsJobsLike YouFindingsPagesPerformancesCastsCrowdsCreditExpectingAwkwardAmazing Job Author:Ti West
“It's this long monologue [in Valley of Violence] with Ethan Hawke talking about life and everything with a dog. That's not in movies. Hopefully when people think about the movie when they go home, they're like, "That's weird. He's maybe crazy. He's talking to a dog the whole time."” PeopleThinkingLongWholeHomeTalkingViolenceCrazyDogHopefullyValleysBeing CrazyMonologues Author:Ti West
“Ethan [Hawke] just - they got along great. He got to act with a dog, for real, and it felt like Jumpy was acting with him. It was a surreal thing to watch. When you watch the movie [Valley of Violence], you just kind of accept it. But if you do think about how we show - there's a dog and a movie star interacting - and you buy it. That's crazy.” IfsThinkingKindRealShowsStarsFeltActingAcceptingWatchesViolenceCrazyDogValleysMovie StarSurrealInteracting Author:Ti West
“I do think, even though I've made these genre movies, there's what happens in the movie and then there's what the movie's about. And for me, what the movie's about is so much more interesting.” ThinkingMadeHappensInterestingGenre Author:Ti West
“It is a very classic Western [Valley of Violence], and if you like Westerns, you'll like this movie, but there's a tone to it that's all its own that I think is unique and memorable.” IfsThinkingViolenceUniqueWesternMemorableClassicToneValleys Author:Ti West
“I don't think you want to preach to people. I don't think In A Valley Of Violence, and the same with The Sacrament, there's a social commentary and a political element to both the films, but it's not like, "Think this because I think this."” PeopleThinkingWantFilmPoliticalSocialViolenceElementsValleysSacramentsCommentary Author:Ti West
“I think you make the movie in your head that you have to make, and you have to get it out of you. You have all these pretentious reasons why you want to do it, and you set out to accomplish them. And you think "This is important for what I'm trying to accomplish for the story," and I think those reasons will come through to an audience, and they will find it. That's the best you can do.” ThinkingTryingImportantReasonAudienceAccomplishPretentious Author:Ti West
“There are people - I think this is why there are so many commercial directors doing well in big studio movies, for whom it's not a personal choice - it's "What's the coolest, most effective way to make them laugh, make them scream?" It's a very calculated approach. And that's different. It's not better or worse. It's just a very different approach to filmmaking. That's always been the case.” PeopleThinkingDifferentChoicesLaughingScreamFilmmaking Author:Ti West
“You're limited to one image, but you can have 50 audio tracks. It's something you'd be foolish not to experiment with. So I'm also very interested in sound that happens offscreen. I think that's a way to expand the scope of the movie. And it's all very planned out from the script stage. For me, sound design is a major part of the narrative. I think that's what makes working with certain people on the producer level difficult.” PeopleThinkingDifficultDesignTrackFoolishProducers Author:Ti West
“We've become so postmodern as an audience and we're so familiar with the style of horror movies that they all kind of feel the same. I think if you can do something a little bit unexpected, then you as a filmmaker end up being one step ahead again. I think that's the key.” ThinkingKindAudienceStyleHorrorFamiliarAll KindsFilmmakerUnexpectedPostmodern Author:Ti West
