I watched the German version of 'Baron Munchasen' and Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis' at a young age. 'Star Wars' was also a huge thing when I was a kid. Duncan Jones agebaronfritz Change image and share on social
I don't know if subconsciously there was some reaction going on, if there was something in me that didn't want to learn an instrument - because I couldn't have been that incompetent! Duncan Jones incompetentinstrumentlearn Change image and share on social
In the past, a lot of films based on video games think that the audience wants to experience what it's like to play the game, and that's absolutely not the case. Duncan Jones absolutelyaudiencebase Change image and share on social
You would never have seen me on any party scene, which is probably what made me able to disappear, in a way, because the tabloids had nothing to follow. Duncan Jones disappearfollowmake Change image and share on social
I guess sci-fi was like my candy growing up. My dad always thought it was important for me to read an hour or two every night. And if I got stuck or didn't want to read, sci-fi was sort of the thing you'd give me to spur me on to read that evening. Duncan Jones candydadeven share on social
I was in my 30s when I finally went to film school. It was kind of always going to happen, but I did try to keep it suppressed for awhile. Duncan Jones 30sawhilefilm Change image and share on social
Jeron Lanier and 'Lawnmower Man.' That was VR. And there was the VFX1, that big giant VR prototype unit, and I was like, 'I am going to save my money and get one of those.' And then VR just sort of drifted away. Duncan Jones bigdriftgiant share on social
It took a generation of filmmakers who loved and were raised on comic books to make movies that you actually cared about and felt something for. I think that's absolutely the same with what's going on with videogame movies. Duncan Jones absolutelybookcare share on social
It felt very fresh to me, and it feels very contemporary - this idea that conflict's not being about good and evil and not necessarily being black and white. If you dig deep enough, you'll often find that people do things because they feel that they have to as opposed to because they are evil. Duncan Jones blackconflictcontemporary share on social