Fede Alvarez
Fede Alvarez
Fede Alvarez sometimes Federico Álvarez is an Uruguayan film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his short film Ataque de Pánico! and the Evil Dead reboot...
NationalityUruguayan
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth9 February 1978
CountryUruguay
dirty thinking people
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.
inspiration kids thinking
In general I think the inspiration was to think about all those movies that I saw as a kid and never knew they were remakes, because I know there's probably another kid going to watch Evil Dead who has no idea.
thinking demand horror
If you think about it, a lot of great horror films have bad sequels just because the market demands you to make the other one right away.
character thinking actors
I think a good actor will always know the character better than anybody.
thinking giving audience
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.
thinking scary horror
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.
thinking honest storytelling
I think the more honest you are with the storytelling, the better it works.
thinking people violence
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.
thinking blood scare
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.
over-you directors shoulders
When you're a director you always feel weird with another director watching over your shoulder.
blessing talking ideas
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.
care firsts filmmaker
Most filmmakers go out with the first feature and nobody cares.
cutting directors film
Definitely my favorite cut is the one that got put out. That's my favorite version of the film, the one that I put in theaters. That's my directors cut, there's no question about it.
cutting stuff firsts
Usually you always see first cut is an extended version, because it's basically everything you shot, and you have that version and then you start cutting stuff out.