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“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.”

Quote by Ti West

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Ti West, born on October 5, 1980, is an accomplished American film director known for his distinctive horror film style. His works are celebrated for their unique approach and profound themes. more

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“The first half [of Valley of Violence] was to endear you to all these people and give you all these archetypes that you're familiar with, and then the second half, just to see all those archetypes unravel like real people.”

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“Typically, in Westerns, people who are in a Western feel like they're in a Western. It's almost like they know they do all these Western things.”

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“From a performance standpoint, it just gives [actors] so much - I had such a great cast [ in Valley of Violence] - and it gives them the ability to go wild with it and to have performances that are memorable.”

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“It's Ethan Hawke and John Travolta [in Valley of Violence]. It's awesome. They're awesome.”

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“I always feel like the less you say when you're making a movie, as a director, is the best. That means everything's going great.”

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“If you ever see the director pulling people aside, that means something's not working. Because you're trying to figure out why it's not working. But we would show up, we would talk about it.”

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“I always talk about movies a lot beforehand, and then we would get there, and I'd say, "Let's play around and see how it goes." And they would do it, and I'd go, "Well, that was awesome." It was really - I don't know, it was really special to watch them.”

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“They're both [Ethan Hawke and John Travolta] so good. It's hard to explain. But they're consummate professionals and you see the little choices they make - you see it in their eye. You see these little details they do where you go, "That's why they're them."”

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“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.”

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