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...
cutting thinking editing
I think that anybody that wants to direct, particularly writers, should spend some time in an editing room, whether it's a film of theirs or someone else's, or shoot their own picture on video and cut it.
fun home thinking
My generation remembered going to the movies as an event. We would see these things, we would bring them home, and we would think about them for years because it would take a long time before they would go on television where you could re-experience the fun that you had when you watched them.
thinking labyrinth genius
I think Pans Labyrinth is genius.
thinking editors vocabulary
There's a way of thinking that comes with being an editor that is incredibly useful on the set. It's not just a vocabulary thing or a right-to-left thing or script supervisor stuff. It's a way of thinking about the film and the shots and the way they fit together, what you need and what you don't need, and what you can get away with if you have to.
ahead american-director cynicism product time
I don't think you can ever be ahead of your time with cynicism about that subject. No, I don't think it was ahead of its time. I think it was very much a product of its time.
american-director area instead led parody picture sequels
That led me into the area of doing a movie about sequels and a movie that was a parody of the first picture instead of just a sequel to it.
american-director family felt name outsider quality unusual
There was always an outsider quality to him. I think he must have felt that way somewhat, because his family was unusual and his name was unusual.
people challenges trying
Repetitiveness is one of the things that's most difficult to get away from in genre pictures, because people come specifically to see certain kinds of things but get disappointed if they're presented in the same way. So to try to find a new way to show old stuff is always the challenge.
people long understanding
What's the shelf life of a 1931 movie? If it still exists, there will always be film buffs and a niche audience who will want to see it. But in terms of people even understanding in common usage, some of the words we use to describe these movies, I don't know how long that's going to last.
mean differences littles
There's so little difference between television and features as far as you make the film. I mean, you have less money and it's a little quicker, but the concept is all on television.
kids scare done
So I've always been kind of an apocalyptic kind of kid, and looking back at the movies I've done, there's some kind of apocalypse in them. So that must be what scares me... besides Republicans.
eye issues editing
When you make a 3-D movie you actually have to plan the way the visuals look because there's a parallax issue, and there's an issue of editing; you can't edit very quickly in 3-D because the eye won't adjust fast enough for it.
jobs fun people
You do form a cadre of people that you trust and who are good at their jobs and who know you and what your quirks and foibles are. It makes making movies very collegial and a lot more fun.
kids made knows
I've made a lot of movies with kids in them. I don't know why that is, but it's something I've noticed.