Fede Alvarez
Fede Alvarez
Fede Alvarez sometimes Federico Álvarez is an Uruguayan film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his short film Ataque de Pánico! and the Evil Dead reboot...
NationalityUruguayan
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth9 February 1978
CountryUruguay
feelings mind audience
I like to get the audiences cozy in their seats, feeling safe, and suddenly they'll be shocked out of their minds.
hate giving guy
I don't want to spoon-feed the audience, like, "This is the funny guy, this is one you hate, this is the one you like." A lot of movies do that. They don't really give you a choice. They show you the jock, and he's an idiot, and everybody has to hate him. You have no choice.
trying cameras spectacular
I try not to be spectacular with the camera. I try to be a witness of what's going on.
acting able aspect
I love just about every aspect of the filmmaking except acting. I would never be able to do that, but the rest I really enjoy.
hate people use
There's a reason people use CGI: it's cheaper and faster. I hate that.
want panic-attacks sci-fi
Sci-fi is definitely something that I've been wanting to do again since Panic Attack and I want to do it on a feature scale.
inspired remakes knows
I'm inspired when I find out about something that I didn't know was a remake.
over-you directors shoulders
When you're a director you always feel weird with another director watching over your shoulder.
blessing talking ideas
You can make a film with a phone and a computer if you want, if you have the time. So it's a world that is saturated with films and all kind of stuff, so it's such a blessing to be able to make a film and people care, and even if they say that it's a bad idea, at least they care and they're talking about it.
exposes goes roller watching
In 'Clockwork Orange,' you're there with your eyes, watching all those things, your brain goes off, ahh, exposes you to so many things, and at the end of the day, it's just like a roller coaster. Why do you jump in a roller coaster? You want a thrill.
recreate
I have my pride. I'm a director. I'm not going to go and recreate some other director's vision.
best demanding job pressure time work
I'm pretty demanding with myself and my work, and I always put a lot of pressure on myself. I try to do the best job I can every time.
directors geniuses realized wants worried
I thought that Hollywood was just for geniuses and that directors come from three generations of directors. I was worried that I was not up to the challenge of making a movie. Then realized that all a director has to do is know what he wants to do.
audience best brain cool expose jump knows looks spot though truth
If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.