“Mostly I do films that mainstream Hollywood wouldn't touch.” FilmHollywoodMainstream Author:Jason Patric
“It's not hard to understand why an accomplished director like Gus Van Sant (whose most recent success, Good Will Hunting, gave him mainstream clout) would be interested in making this film. The lure of an exact remake presents a tremendous challenge. Unfortunately, it was undoubtedly a lot more stimulating for Van Sant and his crew to make Psycho than it is for an audience to watch it. Curiosity is going to be one of the primary reasons why people pay money to see this movie; boredom will be the predominant result.” PeopleHardReasonWould BeFilmChallengesResultsPayWatchesAudienceDirectorsPrimariesReason WhyBoredomAccomplishedHuntingMainstreamCrewVansGood WillLureRemakesPsychoCloutGusWill Hunting Author:James Berardinelli
“I'm not really that keen on mainstream; I'm not interested in doing the normal films. I do tend to go for the quirky, different scripts.” DifferentFilmNormalScriptsMainstreamNot InterestedQuirky Author:Gina Bellman
“I think I might like to try film again just as an experiment, but I know that I could never do the mainstream thing again.” ThinkingKnowsTryingMightFilmExperimentsMainstream Author:Mara Wilson
“Personally, I can't stand violence. In any standard American mainstream movie, there's 20 times more violence than in any one of my films, so I don't know why those directors aren't asked why they're such specialists for violence.” KnowsI CanFilmViolenceDirectorsStandardsMainstreamSpecialists Author:Michael Haneke