Eli Roth
Eli Roth
Eli Raphael Rothis an American film director, producer, writer and actor. He is known for directing the horror film Hostel and its sequel, Hostel: Part II. He is also known for his role as Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's war film Inglourious Basterds for which he won both a SAG Awardand a BFCA Critic's Choice Award. Journalists have included him in a group of filmmakers dubbed the Splat Pack for their explicitly violent and bloody horror films...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 April 1972
CityNewton, MA
CountryUnited States of America
I think in the late '80s and early '90s horror was dead.
The best movies now are called 'thrillers.' Because if you use the word 'horror,' people's associations are straight-to-video crap.
I love movies. I mean, I really, really love movies.
Horror movies are the best date movies. There's no wondering , 'When do I put my arm around her?'
Shooting at Quentin Tarantino movie was like a masterclass in directing. Although I went back literally right into rehearsal, started shooting... while I was doing it I had to write my Grindhouse trailer and I added two days of shooting. My brother was producing Hostel and the Grindhouse trailer and I was like: "Gabe, just figure this out!"
Anytime you make a movie, the goal is a wide theatrical release, with the right distributor.
Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.
Believe it or not, but I was a camp councilor for three years. I love kids.
My parents love it! They're on set. They make cameos in the movie. My father is a psycho-analyst and a professor at Harvard and he told me how many of the other professors at Harvard have gone and seen it. They love Hostel and they love the thought behind it.
Chile could work as a double for L.A.; it's very production-friendly and there's terrific talent down there.
Creative writing and shooting are muscles that atrophy. But when you work them, you become a self-generator who can branch out.
Even post-WWII, nobody talked about the Holocaust. It wasn't until the '50s that people started talking about it.
I like movies that work on two levels - like The Simpsons, kids can watch it and adults can watch it. Teenagers can watch Hostel and if they want to see a blood and guts violent movie they're going to have a great time. They're going to scream and yell, it's a great date movie because they're going to squeeze their date and their date is probably going to be too scared to go home... so you take them home and put on Dirty Dancing and everybody wins.
Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist.