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With 'Midnight Special,' the sound was used as a narrative construct. The audience is looking in one direction when a sound suddenly erupts from the other direction.

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I know how to write a movie. I know how to direct a movie.

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People ask me about past projects I've worked on, and other things; I'm just really bad at lying. I have a bad poker face, so I just try to tell people how I'm feeling in the moment and really what I was trying to do.

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I think Warner Bros. are probably some of the best people in marketing films in the world.

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I think it's important to say typing in the computer is like the last, last phase of my writing process. That's kind of the fun part. Well, it's all somewhat fun, I suppose. But usually what happens is I think about a movie for at least a year - maybe a couple more - and I don't put anything down.

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I outline and outline and outline, and then I'm very specific about the stuff I write. That's my process.

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I first read 'Tom Sawyer' when I was in 8th grade, 13 years old. I realised since that Mark Twain just bottled what it felt like to be a child.

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I'll be honest: 'Badlands' changed my life: it really did rewire my brain as to how film can operate.

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As a director, you see something in someone; you know it's there, you just got to go get it. You do that with any actor. That's your job.

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Making movies is really hard. It's a very complex process, with many, many variables.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: December 7th, 1978

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