When you’re working with an actor who’s prepared and brings it when you need it, it’s just a very validating creative experience. Panos Cosmatos Read Quote
In the ’90s, I kind of put aside all those things I loved in the ’80s and I got really into watching foreign films and art films and stuff like that, and sort of soaking those up. Panos Cosmatos Read Quote
A huge part of my writing process is listening to music as I write, almost creating an unofficial soundtrack to the film I’m working on, a sort of playlist. But the specific songs change rapidly as I write. Panos Cosmatos Read Quote
The idea of creating a quote-unquote ‘retro’ world isn’t all that appealing to me by itself. Panos Cosmatos Read Quote
Mandy’ came from grief and depression. I wanted this to be an outward volcanic expulsion of the emotion of my first film. Panos Cosmatos Read Quote
A lot of films mistake convolutedness for complexity. To me, a simple story can be a powerful spine to build around. Panos Cosmatos Read Quote
My mother died in 1997 and I spiralled into this self-destructive vortex of trying to annihilate my consciousness. I was afraid to face the grief of losing her, because she was somebody I loved more than anybody else in the world. Panos Cosmatos Read Quote
Mythologies are violent things, and to be true to them, you have to go to primal territory. Panos Cosmatos Read Quote
