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Brad Anderson
American Director
Born: 1964
Back Film Just People Think You
Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
It's such a great city, visually. You can't get that kind of look in Canada that you can get in Boston: the old-brick historical buildings, the winding streets, the old but funky neighborhoods like Southie and Somerville. You can't get that elsewhere. It's a very unique place in that way. Brad Anderson
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We all have aspects of ourselves that we my not be aware of. Actors in particular - they have multiple personality disorder. They get paid a lot of money to exhibit that. Brad Anderson
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I'm drawn to a story partly based on the fact that it's something I might not be as familiar with. Brad Anderson
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I'm extremely excited about working with Troika on 'The Hive.' This script has two elements I always look for in a thriller - strong, believable female characters and a smart, very dark and very creepy story that will definitely resonate with large audiences. Brad Anderson
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Things have a tendency in the film business to fall apart more often than they come together. Brad Anderson
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What drew me into making movies is trying to make characters that step off the screen. Brad Anderson
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I've always liked dark, creepy movies, but for some reason, I started on the film scene with romantic comedies. Brad Anderson
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Persistence is half the battle. That's what I love about independent movies. They don't have to be made. There's no studio with an agenda to set up a franchise like 'Batman' or to make a vehicle for a celebrity actor. My films are made because I love the process. Brad Anderson
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If you're making a film, you've got to have one eye to the audience and one eye to what excites you about it, and sometimes it's not the same thing. Brad Anderson
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I don't know, maybe I just like to mix it up and have a more of an eclectic need to just try out new things and road test ideas and try out a genre that I haven't done before. Brad Anderson
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I like characters who aren't typically heroic and come to some sort of epiphany about themselves. Brad Anderson
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I don't think of the 'indie film world' as this cohesive kind of world anyhow. It's so disparate: all these different filmmakers seeking financing from many different sources to make different kinds of movies. It's hard to pinpoint a trend, really. Brad Anderson
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When I went to Sundance back in 1998, indie film was all the rage, and Miramax was throwing down five or six million dollars for several films each year. Those were the salad days of indie film, and those days are over. I'm not out there worrying too much about it. Brad Anderson
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No one faith is necessarily superior to another. All explanations are valid and in some respects when it comes to the big mysteries of life. Brad Anderson
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As a filmmaker, you just make the movie you want to make, and you sort of put your faith in the distributor to make sure the right people see it. Brad Anderson
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'Session 9' used light and darkness to create atmosphere. Brad Anderson
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I just like stories in which characters are struggling with something, whether it's an external force like in 'Vanishing,' or in 'Session 9,' where it's more of a monster within the mind. Brad Anderson
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I find psychological thrillers interesting both dramatically and visually. Brad Anderson
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There's something bizarrely funny about a guy who doesn't realise he's, in essence, a dog chasing his own tail. Brad Anderson
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True horror, I think, deals with dread and menace and gets under your skin. Brad Anderson
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Part of my reason for 'Session 9' was to break out, to destroy the illusion of me as 'Mr. Romantic Comedy Guy.' Brad Anderson
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'Session 9' can be interpreted in different ways. You can get the sense that Gordon breathes in an evil spirit but can also be read as a much more clinical movie that shows a man who becomes unhinged or may be going mad. An inspiration was Nicolas Roeg's 'Don't Look Now.' Brad Anderson
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You don't fall in love with someone because they're perfect and meet your requirements - you fall for the things that are different about them or even problematic. Brad Anderson
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