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Trying to make a movie like 'Warcraft,' and trying to do it in a unique way... you get killed by a death of 1,000 cuts.

~Duncan Jones

Topics: Cuts Death Get Like Make Movie Trying Unique Warcraft Way You

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As a filmmaker, the only way that I understand how to make a film is holistically.

~Duncan Jones

Topics: Film Filmmaker How Make Only Understand Way

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For me, 'Blade Runner' is the best science-fiction film ever made.

~Duncan Jones

Topics: Best Blade Ever Film Made Me Runner Science-Fiction

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Science-fiction cities in general, I think, are so hard to get right, because it's so easy to just play some cheesy music or do something that takes you right out of it, but 'Blade Runner' got it right, and I love that about the film.

~Duncan Jones

Topics: About Because Blade Cheesy Cities Easy Film General Get Got Hard Just Love Music Out Play Right Runner Science-Fiction Some Something Takes Think You I Think I Love

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Toshiro Mifune was such an elegant hero, and there's something really empathetic about him.

~Duncan Jones

Topics: About Elegant Empathetic Hero Him Really Something

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Sometimes you see films, not just science fiction films, where you get the sense that if the camera were to pan just to the left or the right, all of a sudden you'd be seeing light stands and crew standing around. But with 'Blade Runner,' the beauty of it is that it felt like a real, breathing city.

~Duncan Jones

Topics: Around Beauty Blade Breathing Camera City Crew Felt Fiction Films Get Just Left Light Like Pan Real Right Runner Science Science Fiction See Seeing Sense Sometimes Standing Stands Sudden Were Where You

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I was christened Duncan Zowie Jones.

~Duncan Jones

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Bowie is my dad's stage name, so I was never, ever called Zowie Bowie. The tabloids liked that because it rhymed.

~Duncan Jones

Topics: Because Bowie Dad Ever Liked Name Never Stage Tabloids

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My parents did call me Zowie now and then, but then, realising that it drew too much attention, they called me 'Joe'. Then, later, I sort-of co-opted my own name back.

~Duncan Jones

Topics: Attention Back Call Did Drew Joe Later Me Much Much Attention My Own Name Now Now And Then Own Parents Realising Then Too Too Much

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I was a little geeky kid anyway. If I wasn't shooting little stop-animation films, then I was playing computer games or Dungeons & Dragons.

~Duncan Jones

Topics: Anyway Computer Dragons Dungeons Films Games Geeky Kid Little Playing Shooting Then

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Director

Born: May 30th, 1971

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