I don’t think anyone can call a movie like ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ a horror movie. It’s a jolt. It’s a series of jolts followed by a quick one-liner that’s wallpapered with an MTV rock & roll soundtrack. That’s not horror to me. Brad Anderson Read Quote
I think it is harder to scare young people because there is an ironic hipster stance that you have to take in relation to pop culture. You know you’re being manipulated. People are so aware of the manipulation. We’re all aware that movies toy with us and pull our strings. There was a time when people just didn’t acknowledge that as much. Brad Anderson Read Quote
Part of my reason for ‘Session 9’ was to break out, to destroy the illusion of me as ‘Mr. Romantic Comedy Guy.’ Brad Anderson Read Quote
Session 9′ can be interpreted in different ways. You can get the sense that Gordon breathes in an evil spirit but can also be read as a much more clinical movie that shows a man who becomes unhinged or may be going mad. An inspiration was Nicolas Roeg’s ‘Don’t Look Now.’ Brad Anderson Read Quote
If you’re making a smaller movie, you’re almost obligated to do something unexpected and surprising. Brad Anderson Read Quote
You don’t fall in love with someone because they’re perfect and meet your requirements – you fall for the things that are different about them or even problematic. Brad Anderson Read Quote
I don’t think of the ‘indie film world’ as this cohesive kind of world anyhow. It’s so disparate: all these different filmmakers seeking financing from many different sources to make different kinds of movies. It’s hard to pinpoint a trend, really. Brad Anderson Read Quote
My favorite filmmakers are in the Kubrick, Polanski kind of mold. I just like that world. I think it’s more cinematic and gets under your skin more. Brad Anderson Read Quote
I like characters who aren’t typically heroic and come to some sort of epiphany about themselves. Brad Anderson Read Quote
