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It's financially advantageous to make a picture in Berlin, Germany. They have a very effective rebate system.
Joel Silver
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We just decided to pick the date 'The Matrix' opened in most of the world. At the end of the day, it worked out really great because the world seems to have got to a place where I think the movie is even more relevant now than it was several months ago.
Joel Silver
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Our responsibility as filmmakers is to make things that are fresh, unique and original.
Joel Silver
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I'm happy with my place in the firmament here. I like to produce movies and that's where I want to be.
Joel Silver
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It's just a great, legendary comic book hero and it's one that has never been kind of been brought back to life after Lynda Carter. I mean, it's a reinvention. When Tim Burton reinvented Batman after Adam West, and when Donner reinvented Superman after George Reeves, it's time to do that with Wonder Woman.
Joel Silver
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The idea of a youth-based society that you live in for a certain time and then you no longer live anymore is an interesting idea for a movie, but you need young people that people want to go see.
Joel Silver
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I'm a filmmaker and I'm proud of the movies I've made. But in the background of my life I was also very involved in the creation of the sport.
Joel Silver
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I will always continue to make stupid action films but I think 'V For Vendetta' is a very smart film and I think that people will feel differently about things when they see it.
Joel Silver
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I never really was that passionate about playing sports. But when I was at this Mt. Herman school, I did have the ability to throw the frisbee. So when this sport evolved, it was fun because I was good at it.
Joel Silver
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I've made a lot of stupid action films. But when we made The Matrix, we saw that people wanted more than that.
Joel Silver
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I swam a little bit in high school but I wasn't a jock.
Joel Silver
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It's hard to shoot anything in L.A.; it's just a chore, but they're great here.
Joel Silver
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It's so hard and impossible to shoot in L.A. The costs are astronomical.
Joel Silver
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A lot of movies were influenced by 'Logan's Run,' like 'Minority Report'. A lot of films have those elements in them.
Joel Silver
