Showing your movie to an audience... it's like your kid doing a piano recital. 'Just let it not fail. Please.' Rian Johnson audiencefailkid Change image and share on social
I feel like people want to be surprised when they get out of the movies. They want something thrown at them they didn't expect. They want stuff that reminds them of the feelings that you get when you're watching art house movies but with the fun of like a big summer movie. That's the goal, I guess. Rian Johnson artbigexpect share on social
I just don't think CGI is up to manipulating the human face yet. I feel like you can get away with it with aliens or monsters or something that's intentionally foreign, but I have yet to see anything digital to do with the human face that doesn't just look ridiculous. Rian Johnson aliencgidigital share on social
With 'Brick' there was the Dashiell Hammett influence, and with 'Brothers Bloom' there was a really strong Fellini influence - both those movies wore that on their sleeve. Rian Johnson bloombrickbrother Change image and share on social
Ray Bradbury was the first author that I was really exposed to back in grade school. I'm a big Philip K. Dick fan, but the emotion and humanity that Bradbury brings to his stories and the way he uses sci-fi to get at the human heart is something that's unique and for me incredibly influential. Rian Johnson authorbackbig share on social
Hopefully with each thing that you do you're learning something, you're growing, and you're pushing yourself a little harder in some way or another. So I think you'd be in real trouble if each new thing that you create didn't feel like 'Oh, wow. I feel like I'm doing something a little different this time.' Rian Johnson createfeelgrow share on social
I do think that I'm a big believer in having an idea or having ideas and just tucking them away in the back of your brain. Even if you aren't consciously thinking of them, I think they simmer. You're working on them, even if you don't know you're working on them, and I think having something in your head for a while is a valuable thing. Rian Johnson backbelieverbig share on social
With 'Brick,' the style with language and the way it was shot was to create a world obviously elevated from the very first frame above a typical high school. Rian Johnson brickcreateelevate Change image and share on social
With 'Brick,' I wrote the script when I was 23 and didn't make the movie until I was 30. Rian Johnson brickmakemovie Change image and share on social
You never want to make a 'message movie', but you always want to be talking about something that you care about. Rian Johnson caremakemessage Change image and share on social