The Invitation’ is a meditation on grief and loss carried within a suspense drama. At its core, it’s about a dinner party gone horribly wrong and about the consequences of denying our pain. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
As bad as some movies can be, good movies are also possible, sometimes through the very heinous corporations we love to trash. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
I was in a very lucky position to be able to consider studio films and had decided to not go that route for a very long time until I read a script that I loved called ‘Aeon Flux.’ Karyn Kusama Read Quote
I’m very interested in dysfunction. I kind of realized in my first film that a character with so much rage that she didn’t know where to put it was both heartbreaking and interesting to me. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
For me, I feel like I don’t see myself as all that different from other humans as a woman, but I’m surprised by how frequently I’m asked to see myself differently. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
What might the world look like if we took some chances on the film-makers we might be afraid of? Karyn Kusama Read Quote
I don’t necessarily believe that stories need closure. I just believe they need a beginning, middle, and end, but the end doesn’t have to prevent us from continuing to grapple with the story at hand. It ideally should demand that we remain engaged with the story. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
Genre mechanics are really tricky because if you pay too much attention to the idea of rules of genre, it becomes pretty stale, pretty fast. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
It’s freeing to be able to consistently make creative decisions and ask creative questions of the team without feeling like, ‘Does this make me vulnerable to getting canned?’ That’s a big part of being in a studio – they can always fire you. Karyn Kusama Read Quote
It’s extremely instructive to realize that you cannot do everything. You need to delegate, to find experts, to consult with them. A big part of the job of directing is knowing when to take something on and when you shouldn’t. Karyn Kusama Read Quote