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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I think before 'Saw' came along, there really wasn't a movie franchise that actually went out there and said, 'We're going to come out with one every year during Halloween and make that our trademark.'
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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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The great thing about the 'Fast and Furious' world is everything is up for speculation. Yes, anything is a possibility.
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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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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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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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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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I remembered a long time ago when 'A League of Their Own' came out, and they had the opening sequence with an older Geena Davis. We all just thought it was amazing, but you find out it actually wasn't Geena Davis; it wasn't makeup. It was basically finding an actress that looked like her, and then Geena just dubbed her voice.
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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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'Death Sentence' really is a throwback to the '70s style revenge drama with moments of action. It's like a contemporary 'Death Wish' with a much more thriller style storyline, but the action scenes I shot very much in the style of '70s films like 'The French Connection.'
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All my movies are about people with some ideology, but guess what? It never works out.
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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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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'm very heavily involved in the editorial post-production process, and the camera - it's just such a big part of my storytelling language. I like creating the tension; I like creating the emotion through the movement of my camera, or the lack of movement through my camera, depending on what fits the scene best.
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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've always wanted to do a world creation story and visually create this amazing, incredible, magical kingdom.
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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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Critics tend to be very hard on the horror genre.
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There's a reason why Smellovision has never really taken off. And I think it's a good thing.
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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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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.
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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.