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Gavin Hood Quotes

One reads many scripts, and some of them are good and some of them are not, but every now and then, one really grabs you. You simply can’t put it down Picture Quote #1

Having been in the military myself, there is an awful moment when you’re in this moment of conflict Picture Quote #1

What’s genius about ‘Gravity’ is that you are close upon the actors, but 3D works best when you have foreground, middle ground and background Picture Quote #1

And for the people who promote drones as the answer to everything, there is a danger from being distanced from the reality of the ugly mess of war Picture Quote #1

Athol Fugard became famous as a playwright, so although ‘Tsotsi’ the book was written in the 60s, it was only published in the 80s. It was then optioned pretty much every year by producers. I think the problem was that holding onto its period setting made it very hard to get finance Picture Quote #1

When I see big movies that are only about good versus evil, and the good guy wins, I only can think we’re in a far more complicated world than that. I frankly think that this binary philosophy is actually a dangerous way to look at the world Picture Quote #1

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I worked initially in very low-budget independent films that I often wrote. My early work was all written by myself, and then I adapted ‘Tsotsi,’ so I was used to the writing process being, in a way, integral to my directing. I felt it really prepared me Picture Quote #1

In the early 90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When ‘Tsotsi’ presented itself, I thought, ‘This is not a world I grew up in, but I’ve spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.’ Picture Quote #1

Ender’s Game’ has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there’s also a tremendous central character. It’s a balance Picture Quote #1

I don’t know many South Africans who don’t have their eyes wide open to what it’s like to be exposed to some sort of violence. The question is whether we choose to be cynical about it or not Picture Quote #1

Hany Abu-Assad was sitting next to me, and his film ‘Paradise Now’ had won the Golden Globe. He said to me at the Globes, ‘Paradise now, talk to you later.’ [laughs] I gave him a big hug for that Picture Quote #1

Most big popcorn movies are ‘bad guy does something to good guy, good guy gets revenge on bad guy, sets the world right, and moves on.’ And ‘Ender’s Game’ is just not that simple, so it’s an exciting challenge. It’s a little terrifying, and let’s see how audiences respond Picture Quote #1

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The reality is that art has often risen to greater heights than the people who created it. Many flawed artists have created great works of art. You have to decide if you are going to listen to Richard Wagner’s music or not because he was very anti-Semitic Picture Quote #1

Having been in the military myself, there is an awful moment when you’re in this moment of conflict Picture Quote #1

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One reads many scripts, and some of them are good and some of them are not, but every now and then, one really grabs you. You simply can’t put it down (Gavin Hood Quotes) Having been in the military myself, there is an awful moment when you’re in this moment of conflict (Gavin Hood Quotes) What’s genius about ‘Gravity’ is that you are close upon the actors, but 3D works best when you have foreground, middle ground and background. (Gavin Hood Quotes) And for the people who promote drones as the answer to everything, there is a danger from being distanced from the reality of the ugly mess of war. (Gavin Hood Quotes) Athol Fugard became famous as a playwright, so although ‘Tsotsi’ the book was written in the 60s, it was only published in the 80s. It was then optioned pretty much every year by producers. I think the problem was that holding onto its period setting made it very hard to get finance. (Gavin Hood Quotes) When I see big movies that are only about good versus evil, and the good guy wins, I only can think we’re in a far more complicated world than that. I frankly think that this binary philosophy is actually a dangerous way to look at the world. (Gavin Hood Quotes) I worked initially in very low-budget independent films that I often wrote. My early work was all written by myself, and then I adapted ‘Tsotsi,’ so I was used to the writing process being, in a way, integral to my directing. I felt it really prepared me. (Gavin Hood Quotes) In the early 90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When ‘Tsotsi’ presented itself, I thought, ‘This is not a world I grew up in, but I’ve spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.’ (Gavin Hood Quotes) Ender’s Game’ has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there’s also a tremendous central character. It’s a balance. (Gavin Hood Quotes) I don’t know many South Africans who don’t have their eyes wide open to what it’s like to be exposed to some sort of violence. The question is whether we choose to be cynical about it or not. (Gavin Hood Quotes) Hany Abu-Assad was sitting next to me, and his film ‘Paradise Now’ had won the Golden Globe. He said to me at the Globes, ‘Paradise now, talk to you later.’ [laughs] I gave him a big hug for that. (Gavin Hood Quotes) Most big popcorn movies are ‘bad guy does something to good guy, good guy gets revenge on bad guy, sets the world right, and moves on.’ And ‘Ender’s Game’ is just not that simple, so it’s an exciting challenge. It’s a little terrifying, and let’s see how audiences respond. (Gavin Hood Quotes) The reality is that art has often risen to greater heights than the people who created it. Many flawed artists have created great works of art. You have to decide if you are going to listen to Richard Wagner’s music or not because he was very anti-Semitic. (Gavin Hood Quotes) Having been in the military myself, there is an awful moment when you’re in this moment of conflict. (Gavin Hood Quotes)