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John Curran
American
Director
Born:
Sep 11
,
1960
Film
Good
Think
Time
Whatever
You
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The spirit around leaving New York, for me, was that I just felt I needed to do something really outside of my comfort zone. And I really couldn't tell you at the time why I needed to do it. It wasn't like I was running from something dark; it was a desire to shake things up.
John Curran
Time
Me
You
Dark
Tell
Running
Spirit
Shake
Something
Outside
New
Like
Comfort
Comfort Zone
Around
Felt
Leaving
Up
York
Just
New York
Really
Why
Things
Zone
Desire
Needed
As long as there's really good actors that use their clout to support fringe films, whatever genre it is, they'll still get made.
John Curran
Good
Made
Long
Whatever
Films
Support
Genre
Still
Fringe
Get
Clout
Good Actors
Really
Use
Actor
There's something about Alan Arkin. Even when he's doing nothing, he makes me laugh. I've always had that reaction to him: he's got a weary world-view that makes him perfectly cast.
John Curran
Me
Weary
Nothing
Laugh
About
Something
Cast
Had
He
Perfectly
Reaction
Him
Makes
Always
Got
Doing
Even
Alan
A film is different than a script. The text of the script is what it is.
John Curran
Text
Than
Different
Script
Film
In my experience, not just in shooting films but in the commercials I've done, initially, it's very exciting for the community, and its a real novelty. Very quickly, though, they realize there's a buck to be had, and it becomes annoying, and they lose their patience pretty quick.
John Curran
Patience
Experience
Lose
Community
Films
Though
Pretty
Buck
Had
Exciting
Annoying
Becomes
Real
Quick
Very
Quickly
Commercials
Shooting
Done
Just
Realize
Initially
Novelty
The worst thing for a filmmaker is for a film to be labeled as pretentious or heavy-handed.
John Curran
Pretentious
Worst
Worst Thing
Labeled
Heavy-Handed
Film
Thing
Filmmaker
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