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My family went Intellivision instead of Atari. I would go over to my friends' houses to play their Ataris and was so jealous of that. I don't remember them ever being jealous that I had the Intellivision.

~Dan Trachtenberg

Topics: Atari Being Ever Family Friends Go Had Houses Instead Jealous Over Play Remember Them Would

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I love being able to tell a story visually. It's something I love about making commercials, where you put a magnifying glass over the mundane and make it feel extraordinary.

~Dan Trachtenberg

Topics: Able About Being Commercials Extraordinary Feel Glass Love Magnifying Make Making Mundane Over Put Something Story Tell Where You I Love

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I still don't know how to jump-start a car, even though it's been told to me a million times. But I do love thinking about how creativity works.

~Dan Trachtenberg

Topics: About Been Car Creativity Even How Know Love Me Million Million Times Still Thinking Though Times Works

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One of the first cassette tapes I ever purchased was the 'Rambo III' score. I was not allowed to see 'Rambo,' but my mom would allow me to buy the music, so I would listen to that score over and over and imagine the movie.

~Dan Trachtenberg

Topics: Allow Allowed Buy Cassette Ever First Imagine Listen Me Mom Movie Music Over Purchased Score See Tapes Would Iii

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I grew up loving Ridley Scott and Tony Scott and Michael Bay and Adrian Lyne.

~Dan Trachtenberg

Topics: Bay Grew Loving Michael Scott Tony Up

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I appreciate the craft in 'Bioshock' and 'Resident Evil,' and I've played all of them. But I also learned that I don't like playing them because I get really scared.

~Dan Trachtenberg

Topics: Also Appreciate Because Craft Evil Get Learned Like Played Playing Really Resident Scared Them

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I thought that we all were afraid of death, but I've talked to my wife and other people, and they're not afraid of death the way I am. I find that really confusing. I don't like the idea of nothingness - that's terrifying to me.

~Dan Trachtenberg

Topics: Afraid Am Confusing Death Find Idea Like Me Nothingness Other People Really Talked Terrifying Thought Way Were Wife I Am

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The reason I think we hold films like 'The Sixth Sense' and 'Citizen Kane' in such high regard is those are movies that were amplified by their twists but were already bringing the goods.

~Dan Trachtenberg

Topics: Amplified Bringing Citizen Films Goods High Hold Kane Like Movies Reason Regard Sense Sixth Sixth Sense Think Those Twists Were I Think

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I don't think a lot of people would spot the video-game influences in '10 Cloverfield Lane.' People think it's just a Hitchcockian mystery. And I was heavily influenced by Alfred Hitchcock, for sure. But for a generation prior to mine, that would be the sole influence. Since I grew up playing video games, I drew so much inspiration from that world.

~Dan Trachtenberg

Topics: Alfred Hitchcock Drew Games Generation Grew Hitchcock Influence Influenced Influences Inspiration Just Lane Lot Mine Much Mystery People Playing Prior Since Sole Spot Sure Think Up Video Video Games World Would

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Before we understood that houses shift just over time because the ground is moving, the creaks in a house were assumed to be apparitions, or ghosts. Before we understood that we live on a planet, and there are others, the only answers to where we came from had to be something supernatural.

~Dan Trachtenberg

Topics: Answers Assumed Because Before Came Ghosts Ground Had House Houses Just Live Moving Only Others Over Planet Shift Something Supernatural Time Understood Were Where

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: May 11th, 1981

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