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David Slade
David Slade
British Director
Born: Sep 26, 1969
Director People Think Will Work You
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Appreciate good coffee when it's available, but drink whatever they have on set and always say thank you for it. David Slade
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Here I was, having done a thriller and a horror movie - why did I have the audacity to make a romantic fantasy? How can I continue to make genre films? Well, maybe I don't want to continue to make genre films. David Slade
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What attracted me to 'Eclipse' was that it is a great story and a tremendous challenge for me as a filmmaker. David Slade
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I thought, 'Who is the first vampire ever? It's Peter Murphy!' David Slade
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I don't do commentaries; I can't listen to them, either. David Slade
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When I got the script for 'Eclipse,' I thought it was a damn good story. David Slade
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When I was doing music videos, everybody was very snobbish about music video directors doing commercials. It was all guys from ad agencies. David Slade
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I feel like I'm in a weird state, and I wake up in Hollywood, and I've got a couple of studio movies underneath my belt, and I take these meetings with people. Sometimes it's this great, weird sense of oddness that comes at you, because I've never really stopped thinking the way that I started thinking. David Slade
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My agent and manager would sternly tell me exactly the number of projects that we've turned down at this point. But, I think it's really important to do the right thing next. David Slade
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It's good to know where you've come from. David Slade
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I think if you have too much fear, you're never going to break ground or develop. David Slade
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I think, as a filmmaker, you're always responsible for your film. David Slade
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I look for challenges. I really do. David Slade
Challenges Look Really
When you are doing music videos through the '90s, which I did, and the 2000s, you were put in the position, really, as an independent filmmaker. You were being financed by a major record company or a minor record company or whatever. David Slade
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I think filmmaking is largely about preparation and taste and luck. If you have all of those three things, I think you will find you can work somehow. David Slade
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With 'Cold Skin,' I believe we can create a lasting psycho-physiological horror film. It is one of the most atmospheric, terrifying, cinematic, and original stories of the human spirit. David Slade
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Certainly there is a lot of collaboration, but there is also a lot of clarity that has to be had in the vision that you have for the film when you come in as the director. Without that, there's no bullseye to be aiming for. David Slade
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I don't see myself as particularly highbrow. I am much more populist. David Slade
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Computer-generated monsters - people shoot them all day with videogames, you know, so kids aren't going to be afraid of that. People are getting immune to scares. David Slade
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There's so much burying of heads in sand going on in the U.S., people are finally beginning to recognize that the environment is dying, but it's far too late, and I am conflicted. David Slade
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As a director, it just makes my life fantastic to work with people like Elizabeth Hawthorne. David Slade
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