Itβs as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.
Interpretation
Explaining personal preferences can be complex and subjective.
In this quote, Guillermo Del Toro reflects on the intricate nature of individual tastes and interests, comparing them to unconventional sexual desires. He emphasizes that while some people may find it easy to articulate their preferences, others, like himself with a passion for horror, may find such interests difficult to explain, highlighting the diversity in human appreciation.
In practice
Using the quote in a discussion about the subjectivity of art preferences.
I don't try to sanction other people's joy in monsters. I mean, I think the fact is, humor, fantasy - you know, like fear, desire or laughter - create genres of their own: comedy, melodrama, or erotic films or horror films... The boundaries cannot be defined. It's to each his own.
As a director, I design every movie to be true to itself, and damn it if they like it, and damn it if they don't.
If you ask me, I alternate between truly bizarre, what you would call 'Hollywood' movies and truly bizarre, what you would call 'arthouse' movies.
But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil's Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling.
The saddest journey in the world is the one that follows a precise itinerary. Then you're not a traveler. You're a f@@king tourist.
When you start with Super 8, you are everything. You're the DP, the sound man, the effects guy. And what I started understanding, by working for other people, is that the best type of director is someone who rose through the ranks.
I was obsessed with the idea that no two sounds on 'Oxygene' should ever be exactly the same. I wanted a heartbeat feel, something human.
It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to write one simple, beautiful sentence.
My interest in creating anything is that it be useful.
A drawing is simply a line going for a walk.
You have the itch for writing born in you. It's quite incurable. What are you going to do with it?
I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties.
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