Brad Anderson Quotes
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If you're making a film, you've got to have one eye to the audience and one eye to what excites you about it, and sometimes it's not the same thing.
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I find psychological thrillers interesting both dramatically and visually.
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What drew me into making movies is trying to make characters that step off the screen.
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There's a difference between telling a story and not providing an explanation because you just don't do it well or pull it off.
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I think it is harder to scare young people because there is an ironic hipster stance that you have to take in relation to pop culture. You know you're being manipulated. People are so aware of the manipulation. We're all aware that movies toy with us and pull our strings. There was a time when people just didn't acknowledge that as much.
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As a species, we've always been interested in what happens when we're no longer around, all the way back to 'Revelations' in 'The New Testament.'
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I've always liked dark, creepy movies, but for some reason, I started on the film scene with romantic comedies.
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My favorite filmmakers are in the Kubrick, Polanski kind of mold. I just like that world. I think it's more cinematic and gets under your skin more.
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It's such a great city, visually. You can't get that kind of look in Canada that you can get in Boston: the old-brick historical buildings, the winding streets, the old but funky neighborhoods like Southie and Somerville. You can't get that elsewhere. It's a very unique place in that way.