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.
Interpretation
Del Toro emphasizes the value of experiencing all roles in filmmaking to become a well-rounded director.
In this quote, Guillermo Del Toro reflects on his early experiences with Super 8 filmmaking, highlighting that being involved in multiple aspects of production—such as cinematography, sound, and special effects—allows a director to gain comprehensive insights into the film-making process. He believes that directors who have worked in various capacities develop a deeper understanding and appreciation for the collaborative nature of filmmaking, ultimately leading to more effective leadership.
In practice
This quote can be used in a lecture about the importance of hands-on experience in creative fields.
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.
The way they control a population is by pointing at somebody else - whether they're gay, Mexican, Jewish, black - and saying, 'They are different than you. They're the reason you're in the shape you're in. You're not responsible.' And when they exonerate you through vilifying and demonizing someone else, they control you.
If you can influence the leaders, either with or without their conscious cooperation, you automatically influence the group which they sway.
To some generations much is given. Of other generations, much is expected.
People always think the coach is the strongest person at a club, the boss, but in truth, he's the weakest link. We're there, vulnerable, undermined by those who don't play, by the media, by the fans. They all have the same objective: to undermine the manager.
Beloved youth, you will have your trials and temptations through which you must pass, but there are great moments of eternity which lie ahead. You have our love and our confidence. We pray that you will be prepared for the reins of leadership. We say to you, "Arise and shine forth" and be a light unto the world, a standard to others.
The organization cannot trust the individual; the individual must trust the organization.
The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy.
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