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.
When the first movie to show the anger people have about the war is a grade Z zombie movie, that tells you all you need to know about how afraid of r… - Joe Dante
When the first movie to show the anger people have about the war is a grade Z zombie movie, that tells you all you need to know about how afraid of r…
- Joe Dante
I really have to feel that I could make a difference in the movie, or I shouldn't be doing it. - Joe Dante
I really have to feel that I could make a difference in the movie, or I shouldn't be doing it.
I've always felt that I shouldn't make a movie if someone else could do it better. - Joe Dante
I've always felt that I shouldn't make a movie if someone else could do it better.
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 mu… - Joe Dante
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 mu…
Movies get found in the editing room. The movie that you make is not always necessarily the movie that comes out of the editing room. The trick is to… - Joe Dante
Movies get found in the editing room. The movie that you make is not always necessarily the movie that comes out of the editing room. The trick is to…
If you're doing a family movie, you don't want it to be stupid. Farting chihuahuas is not my idea of entertainment for kids or adults. So you try to … - Joe Dante
If you're doing a family movie, you don't want it to be stupid. Farting chihuahuas is not my idea of entertainment for kids or adults. So you try to …
Editing is where movies are made or broken. Many a film has been saved and many a film has been ruined in the editing room. - Joe Dante
Editing is where movies are made or broken. Many a film has been saved and many a film has been ruined in the editing room.
The dynamic is extremely similar to Gremlins and the hero is very similar, plus the small town atmosphere. It really is in a way the third Gremlins m… - Joe Dante
The dynamic is extremely similar to Gremlins and the hero is very similar, plus the small town atmosphere. It really is in a way the third Gremlins m…
One of the things I've always tried to do is to inject myself as much as possible into the movie, so I feel like it's mine. - Joe Dante
One of the things I've always tried to do is to inject myself as much as possible into the movie, so I feel like it's mine.
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