Storytelling wise, you've gotta take it as far as you can possibly take it with each individual movie. If you're holding out something for a sequel or some cliff-hanger, that's not how I think of a satisfying story.
You come out of each movie just thinking, "God, if we can fool them into letting us make just one more, we can get it right." - Rian Johnson
You come out of each movie just thinking, "God, if we can fool them into letting us make just one more, we can get it right."
- Rian Johnson
I do think that I'm a big believer in having an idea or having ideas and just tucking them away in the back of your brain. Even if you aren't conscio… - Rian Johnson
I do think that I'm a big believer in having an idea or having ideas and just tucking them away in the back of your brain. Even if you aren't conscio…
There's something about the sci-fi genre that gets an audience interested in it, so maybe you can take some risks that you couldn't, if you were just… - Rian Johnson
There's something about the sci-fi genre that gets an audience interested in it, so maybe you can take some risks that you couldn't, if you were just…
Writing sucks. I think it's terrible. Writing is not fun, and don't trust anyone who claims to enjoy it. Liars! - Rian Johnson
Writing sucks. I think it's terrible. Writing is not fun, and don't trust anyone who claims to enjoy it. Liars!
If you make something interesting, inevitably not everybody is going to like it. - Rian Johnson
If you make something interesting, inevitably not everybody is going to like it.
I'm a sci-fi fan, and I guess you have to let go of some of that at some point, and realize that as long as you're focused on telling a story that yo… - Rian Johnson
I'm a sci-fi fan, and I guess you have to let go of some of that at some point, and realize that as long as you're focused on telling a story that yo…
Much of directing [a movie] is not directing but just listening and being present in the moment and just keeping your eyes open. - Rian Johnson
Much of directing [a movie] is not directing but just listening and being present in the moment and just keeping your eyes open.
It's best if I stay out of future plans and let time go on. - Rian Johnson
It's best if I stay out of future plans and let time go on.
Writing in a lot of ways feels more like excavation than construction. It feels like you're uncovering this thing bit by bit, discovering what it is,… - Rian Johnson
Writing in a lot of ways feels more like excavation than construction. It feels like you're uncovering this thing bit by bit, discovering what it is,…
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