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“I feel that so many sci-fi films and films in general have just become really dependent on and addicted to CGI, and that some of the big CGI films of the summer, you see these effects that look like crap. You don't know if you're watching a cartoon or something that's real. And I didn't want to fall into that trap. I really thought there was a way to use a lot of these old techniques to do some new and really neat stuff.”

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Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky is an American film director known for his distinctive visual style and profound psychological explorations. His films often delve into themes of human nature, survival, and moral dilemmas, with works like 'The Black Swan' and 'The Shape of Water' receiving widespread acclaim. more

“The whole visual language of the movie is developed way before we get to set. Especially when you're doing visual effects and you don't have a lot of money to mess around, which we didn't, you have to really preplan everything. Pretty much every shot in the film was figured out months before we got to set.”

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“Every film had its own grammar. And it's your job as a director to basically figure out a language to tell a story.”

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“Also expressionistic filmmaking - making the audience feel like they were inside the characters' heads. And so we create all these different types of techniques to put the audience there.”

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“I think that there's an infinite amount of places where you can stick a camera. There's an infinite amount of choices of what could be going on. There's an infinite amount of places for so many things, so you have to figure out how to do your job.”

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Author:Darren Aronofsky