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Quote by Joe Swanberg

“Most of my horror inspiration is really older stuff and really new stuff.”

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Joe Swanberg, born on August 31, 1981, is an American director, screenwriter, and actor. Known for his independent film work, he focuses on the lives and relationships of young adults. Swanberg's style is characterized by realism and intimacy, and he has had a significant impact in both film and television. more

“I think there's been a gigantic shift in the way we talk to each other, and the way that we communicate with each other. So as a filmmaker, the stuff's always been really interesting to me, and I sort of considered a lot of my films horror films, the ones that were relationship dramas, because I feel like it was very easy to look at modern communication and the Internet and cell phones and all that stuff as horror movies, basically.”

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Author:Joe Swanberg

“I learn a lot as a director from acting in other people's films and just in general. I want to try and be as involved in the art of filmmaking as possible. I feel that the only way to really do that is to take on as many roles as possible, whether it be as an actor, an editor, a director, a cinematographer. Basically, I like to help and be involved, so anything anybody asks me to do, my first reaction is to say "Yes."”

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Author:Joe Swanberg

“I was thinking a lot about music, about how music is mixed and how everything is happening at the same time; it just amounts to how the sound is lowered or raised. I was trying to get that with writing.”

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Author:Dennis Cooper

“A lot of writers do think of their characters as living beings. I know that's the way people think. That's why I try to make them real in a certain way, because otherwise people won't read them. It's fine if some readers think of them as real. It's just not the way that I think of them.”

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Author:Dennis Cooper