Fede Alvarez Quotes

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• A good horror movie - it doesn't matter how many comedy horror films there have been before. Doesn't matter how much you think it's going to be funny. A good horror movie will scare the hell out of you... the moment you sit down and you start being exposed to that story, it's going to freeze your blood.

  Fede Alvarez

  Thinking, Blood, Scare

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• I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.

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  Fans, Crafts, Film

  "Filmmaker Fede Alvarez digs up scares with ‘Evil Dead’". Interview with Joseph Airdo, www.axs.com. April 4, 2013.

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• There are the horror fans that love the Evil Dead because of the humor, but I’m sure it’s not all of them. Not all horror fans love Evil Dead because of the humor, at least not me.

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  Evil, Fans, Horror

  "Director Fede Alvarez Talks Remaking a Classic, Using Gallons of Blood, References to the Original, Sam Raimi’s Involvement, & More On the Set of EVIL DEAD". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. January 7, 2013.

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• There's so much stuff going on behind the cameras. Sometimes people think these things are done certain ways and when you watch that you see how hard and down and dirty it was.

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  Dirty, Thinking, People

  Source: collider.com

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• Only really good comedies and really good horror movies get a verbal response out of the audience. People will scream. People will laugh.

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  People, Laughing, Comedy

  "Filmmaker Fede Alvarez digs up scares with 'Evil Dead'". Interview with Joseph Airdo, www.axs.com. April 4, 2013.

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• As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.

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  Writing, People, Want

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• I love just about every aspect of the filmmaking except acting. I would never be able to do that, but the rest I really enjoy.

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  Acting, Able, Aspect

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• You can make a film with a phone and a computer if you want, if you have the time. So it's a world that is saturated with films and all kind of stuff, so it's such a blessing to be able to make a film and people care, and even if they say that it's a bad idea, at least they care and they're talking about it.

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  Blessing, Phones, Talking

  Source: collider.com

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• In another life, I would love to be the art guy - a production designer or a maybe even a composer.

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  Art, Guy, Designer

  "Filmmaker Fede Alvarez digs up scares with 'Evil Dead'". Interview with Joseph Airdo, www.axs.com. April 4, 2013.

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• There's a reason people use CGI: it's cheaper and faster. I hate that.

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  Hate, People, Use

  "First footage from the Evil Dead reboot. What does it mean?". Interview with Meredith Woerner, io9.gizmodo.com. October 16, 2010.

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• As a director, there is nothing more fun than seeing an audience screaming and jumping. You are the ultimate puppet master, controlling the emotions of the audience.

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  Fun, Jumping, Directors

  "Filmmaker Fede Alvarez digs up scares with 'Evil Dead'". Interview with Joseph Airdo, www.axs.com. April 4, 2013.

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• When you're a director you always feel weird with another director watching over your shoulder.

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  Over You, Directors, Shoulders

  Source: collider.com

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• I think a good actor will always know the character better than anybody.

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  Character, Thinking, Actors

  Source: collider.com

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• I try not to be spectacular with the camera. I try to be a witness of what's going on.

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  Trying, Cameras, Witness

  Source: collider.com

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• I think violence in movies, for it to work, you have to use it smartly. People get numb very fast. If you have too much violence in the beginning, it gets to a point where you don't feel it.

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  Thinking, People, Violence

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I really don't like to go for the stereotypes. I try to give you characters that you don't know until you get to know them, and [decide] how you should feel about them.

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  Character, Giving, Trying

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I don't want to spoon-feed the audience, like, "This is the funny guy, this is one you hate, this is the one you like." A lot of movies do that. They don't really give you a choice. They show you the jock, and he's an idiot, and everybody has to hate him. You have no choice.

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  Hate, Giving, Guy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think the more honest you are with the storytelling, the better it works.

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  Thinking, Honest, Storytelling

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• You don't see a wonderful shot in a comedy. Why? Because they don't want to distract you from what matters, which is the joke. It has to be funny, so usually all the things in the background don't matter.

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  What Matters, Want, Comedy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Comedy is all about the joke. Comedies usually don't do anything fancy with the camera [or] the lighting. It doesn't matter. It should never be fancy.

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  Matter, Cameras, Fancy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I've seen a lot of movies that were great and scary, but not particularly fancy in their filmmaking or performance. And they're still scary, and I think a good horror movie should be scary above all things.

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  Thinking, Scary, Fancy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I need to create a whole cinematic experience. I think that's what it takes to get the audience to the theater and justify seeing [a movie] on a big screen. You have to give them a cinematic experience.

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  Thinking, Giving, Needs

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I take things from everywhere, and I still haven't figured out where I took [some things] from.

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  Stills, Havens

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• In my everyday life, I can be as square as I want. But when it comes to movies and telling stories, I can't. I've got to be radical, and on some level, that's what I like to do.

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  Squares, Everyday, Telling Stories

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I like to get the audiences cozy in their seats, feeling safe, and suddenly they'll be shocked out of their minds.

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  Feelings, Mind, Cozy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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