Renny Harlin
Renny Harlin
Renny Harlinis a Finnish film director, producer and screenwriter. His films include A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, The Long Kiss Goodnight and Deep Blue Sea...
NationalityFinnish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth15 March 1959
CityRiihimaki, Finland
CountryFinland
dollars actors littles
Eventually, in '84, we made a film for a little over a million dollars - with American actors that was shot in English - that was shown in Finland A little action film called Born American.
mistake live-in-the-moment trying
Just live in the moment and not be afraid to try things out and make mistakes.
america hollywood decided
I decided that, somehow, I had to get out of there and go to Hollywood. I had never been to America.
finland
I loved movies and went to see every movie I could in Finland.
paper able film
I did some film reviews for small papers in Finland and things like that to be able to keep living here.
believe thinking people
I believe the important part of directing really is finding the right people for the right roles. Sometimes you go for what's expected, and sometimes you go against type because you think that'll really bring something different to the movie.
silly cutting simple
I loved cutting together simple commercials about margarine or soft drinks - all kinds of silly products - but I tried to make the commercials different.
talking people smoking
This was in '79. I got pretty restless there, sitting around with a lot of people sitting around smoking cigarettes and talking about films, but nobody really doing anything.
kids university-degrees firsts
In Finland, getting a university degree is the first thing that you expect your kids to do.
thinking trying weapons
I think that villains who are just brawn, muscles and weapons are boring. So I always try to find intelligence in my villains and also a sense of humor whenever that is possible.
strange-places cards credit
Several times we were stranded in strange places without any money and with our credit cards cancelled - trapped in a hotel that we couldn't check out of because we had no money to check out.
dream government years
There were a lot of people dreaming about making films, and they would finance maybe 6 films a year. Because they were funded by the government, the films sort-of had to deal with serious social issues - and, as a result, nobody went to see those films.
agency advertising euthanasia
I went out to some advertising agencies and asked if I could do anything.
powerful hero intelligent
I feel like I learned very early on that your heroes are only as powerful as your villains. And I'm attracted to intelligent villains.