The versions of The Dead Zone (1983) and The Fly (1986) that you find on video carry my name, and they are the films that I made, but I hate the way they look on tape. Too bright.
Drugs and creativity don`t go together for me. Like everybody in the `60s, I had one acid trip and some cocaine and hash, you know, the stuff everyone did. But it`s been 30 or 40 years since I bothered to do that. What I need is clarity. Even not having e...
I have no rules. For me, it`s a full, full experience to make a movie. It takes a lot of time, and I want there to be a lot of stuff in it. You`re looking for every shot in the movie to have resonance and want it to be something you can see a second time,...
Everybody`s a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We`re all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos.
If religion is used to allow you to come to terms with death, and also to guide you in how you live your life, then I think art can do the same thing. But in a schematic way, in a much less rigid and absolute way, which is why it appeals to me and religio...