Joe Dante
Joe Dante
Joseph James "Joe" Dante, Jr.is an American film director, producer, editor and actor. His films—notably Gremlins—often mix fantastical storylines with comedic elements...
thinking labyrinth genius
I think Pans Labyrinth is genius.
mean excitement bigs
I mean, movies are all geared to be basically under 25, and they're all tentpoles, explosions, excitement and all that - they take advantage of the big screen, which is great.
stupid kids ideas
If you're doing a family movie, you don't want it to be stupid. Farting chihuahuas is not my idea of entertainment for kids or adults. So you try to make a movie that adults can see on one level, and kids can see on another.
hero atmosphere way
The dynamic is extremely similar to Gremlins and the hero is very similar, plus the small town atmosphere. It really is in a way the third Gremlins movie.
journey trying goes-on
Daffy, of course, wants to go on the journey with him but the studio decides they want Daffy back, so Bugs and a young studio executive heroine have to go out and try to bring him back.
editing perfect may
Movies get found in the editing room. The movie that you make is not always necessarily the movie that comes out of the editing room. The trick is to perfect the movie that you have and make it the best version of what you've shot, regardless of what the intent may have been.
brownies
There go the goddamn brownies!
cute kids writing
Finding a writer who can write decent kids' dialog and finding kids that can act realistically and not 'cute' is an effort.
sports father golf
I grew up in New Jersey and my father was a golf pro, so I was groomed for sports, but I wasn't very good, so my interests lay elsewhere.
editing giving guy
It's a lot of power to give the director to edit his own stuff. It's also a time thing: you don't want to have to wait for the guy to finish shooting before he starts editing.
character reality mind
I've sort of closed my mind off to reality shows: I just don't watch them, don't care about them, don't know who the characters are, but they're all in general usage.
believe judging atmosphere
I don't believe that you can judge the worth of a movie in the atmosphere in which it comes out the first time. There's just so many reasons why some pictures don't catch on.
technology epic imagination
Avatar' is the greatest, most comprehensive collection of movie cliches ever assembled, but it's put together in a brand new way with a new technology, and tremendous imagination, making it a true epic and a kind of a milestone.
differences making-a-difference feels
I really have to feel that I could make a difference in the movie, or I shouldn't be doing it.