James Wan Quotes
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There's two aspects of film crafting that I'm very strict about, and that's how I move my camera and where I cut the film.
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If I can get the audience to connect with the characters emotionally - and they love who they are, they love the larger-than-life situation that they're in, but most of all get the audience invested in the characters - then I always feel like I can sort of put them in the most outrageous circumstances, and the audience is okay to go with that.
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I kind of joke that creating franchises is a lot like directing pilot episodes of TV series. You set a look and feel and kind of pass it on.
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I loved 'Jaws.' I think that is not really a horror film, but it made me afraid of the ocean for a very long time.
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The 'Saw' sequels went in a direction I wouldn't have gone in. With 'Insidious 2,' I wanted to push a potential franchise in the direction I thought it should go in.
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I don't think action alone is enough to sustain a film franchise. There are tons of action movies out there that come and go and people don't care about.
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If people want to watch a CG movie, there's plenty out there.
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Our culture today that we live in is getting so diverse, yet in Hollywood, there's not a lot of diversity.
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'Insidious 2' is a direct continuation of the first movie. We literally pick up from where we left off at the end of the first film. And whereas the first movie is a twist on the haunted house genre, the second movie is a twist on the classic domestic thriller.
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The great thing about the 'Fast and Furious' world is everything is up for speculation. Yes, anything is a possibility.
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Still one of my favorite movies is the original 'The Haunting.' I love that style.
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All my movies are about people with some ideology, but guess what? It never works out.
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There's something very cool about that indie spirit that I try to hang on to even now with the bigger films that I'm working on.
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Favorite movie of all time? I hate being asked... that's like being asked, 'What's your favorite song?'
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I've always wanted to do a world creation story and visually create this amazing, incredible, magical kingdom.
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I think crafting a new, effective horror movie is not just about when night falls and things get scary. It's about setting a tone and mood that permeates throughout the entire movie. So even during the daytime, things are never quite safe-feeling.
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If you care about the characters, then whatever scary thing happens to them, you feel it even more.
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The size of the budget doesn't make that much of a difference because the kind of issues I have on a low budget film I I have on a big budget film as well, but they're just much bigger.
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I like to think we're not the only thing that exists on the plane of existence. I like to think that just because we don't see it doesn't mean it's not there.
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I always say it's very difficult when you're tackling something like 'Spider-Man' or 'Batman' that has been done so many times before.
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I like to think if something scares me, then there's a very good chance an audience will feel the same way. The key is creating scenarios that people can relate to.
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It's very difficult to get an audience to be terrified of what's going on. Think about it: You're in a room with so many other people, so for them to be terrified and to care about what's going on on-screen takes a lot of work.
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I think Mel Gibson could make 'Passion of the Christ' because he really believed in it and gave it his all.
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To some degree, this re-release is to let people remember what the first 'Saw' film was, and let them know there was a time in the 'Saw' history where it wasn't all about blood and traps.