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“When I had an income, Paris was cheap.” - Whit Stillman, filmmaker

When we interviewed Whit Stillman for his latest movie, Damsels in Distress, it was his first movie in over 10 years. He told us about the lost decade in which he developed many other films but none of them came together. Fortunately, it only took a few years for Stillman to return, and
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“We have a habit of coming up with stories that involve things that we like to draw.” - Frank Miller, artist

Sin City came out in 2005 and introduced the moviegoing world to Frank Miller. The comic book artist had written many well known characters like Batman and Daredevil, but his biggest movie work was a Robocop sequel that got significantly rewritten. Since Sin City
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"I got my new fuckin' axes in!" - Jason Momoa, actor/director

When I got an early interview with Jason Momoa to talk about his directorial debut last month, I figured it was just because he had such a busy schedule, he had to do the interview a month early. Now I think they knew his Aquaman casting announcement in Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice
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"What other industry would you accept a rate of 68% completion or success?" - Andrew Rossi, director Ivory Tower

I have been concerned hearing talk about high school graduates not wanting to go to college anymore. That’s missing the best part of school. High school sucks but once you get to college, you get to have fun and be independent. In the short term it...
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“My producers are really interested in trying to make a sequel on a lower budget.” - Mark Waters, director

When Vampire Academy opened in theaters in February, it seemed to fall victim to the glut of teen lit movies, vampire movies particularly. Based on the novels by Richelle Mead, the movie stars Zoey Deutch as Rose Hathaway, a Damphir assigned to protect her Moroi friend
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“I think the audience is kind of fatigued of found footage.” - Jason Blum, producer

Jason Blum has become Hollywood’s most prolific and successful producer. With five Paranormal Activity films, two Insidiouses and a second The Purgeon the way, Blumhouse Productions is ahead of the game on sheer quantity of franchises and profitability of each. Blum likes to keep budgets down to $3-4
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“If my whole schtick is honesty, am I being hypocritical?” - Dan Harmon, creator of Community

Since Dan Harmon created Community, he has had a lot more people interested in what he does every day. When he was just a credited writer on Monster House, The Sarah Silverman Program or the unseen pilot to Heat Vision and Jack, people pretty much left him
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“One arc I had in my head was turning them into dogs.” - E.L. Katz, writer/director, Cheap Thrills

We discovered Cheap Thrills at the South by Southwest Film Festival in 2013. Nearly a year later, it’s almost time for SXSW again and Cheap Thrills is ready to be unleashed on the world. The debut film of E.L. Katz, a screenwriter for shorts and indie features,
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