“I'm very minimalist. However, I don't like to hang onto any particular style - whatever serves the purpose.” PurposeStyleParticularMinimalist Author:Richard McGuire
“I had this whole issue of doing a crime film in the 2010s. The genre's been mined very, very heavily. Post-Scorsese, post-Tarantino, post-Guy Ritchie, what do you do? I wasn't attracted to pulp so much as all of a sudden I had a pulp problem. I had to find a way to make this interesting, because there's a lot of crime films that come out on VOD every week, and a number of these star Nicolas Cage.” WayWholeProblemFilmGuyStarsInterestingNumbersIssuesWeekCrimePostsGenreCagesPulpTarantinoScorsese Author:Paul Schrader
“I was looking for people who didn't have any preconceptions about films, what I call the "post-rules" generation.” PeopleFilmGenerationsPostsPreconceptions Author:Paul Schrader
“There's the generation that made the rules, the generation that codified them. The generation that broke them - that's mine. The generation that laughed at them - that's Tarantino's. And now there's a generation that doesn't know that there were any.” KnowsMadeGenerationsMinesBrokeLaughedTarantino Author:Paul Schrader
“Nobody has shot a strip club in black and white in a long time.” LongBlackWhiteLong TimeShotsClubsBlack And White Author:Paul Schrader
“Let's just shoot in black and white. Don't explain why. Have no reason for it. Just do it because it's interesting.” ReasonBlackWhiteInterestingNo ReasonBlack And WhiteJust Do It Author:Paul Schrader
“Don't ever let the viewer settle in and get ahead of you.” SettlingViewersGet Ahead Author:Paul Schrader
“One of the things that I do like about filmmaking is that you find out how to solve new problems.” ProblemSolveFilmmaking Author:Paul Schrader