Jan de Bont
Jan de Bont
Jan de Bontis a Dutch cinematographer, producer, and film director...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth22 October 1943
Jan de Bont quotes about
challenges film raiders
This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting.
real quality used
The quality of CGI, audiences are now so used to it. They don't know what is CGI and what is real.
interesting guy might
The bad guys are not typical; they are not just bad, they are interesting. They might be good or bad.
summer thinking dollars
Summer movies are spectacles; that's what you pay 10 dollars to see. You want to get teased by effects sometimes. I think that will never stop.
pressure demand enormous
It's always an enormous pressure when you do a sequel. The demands are so high, and it's expensive.
thinking stories action
I think what makes a good action film is a story that gets you involved. Just action, by itself, is not going to work.
strong-women mind needs
Lara Croft is such a strong individual, she's very driven, she doesn't need a man, she's speaks her own mind, and that she's in control of her own life. It's a lot of what women want and have.
horse real fighting
Angelina wanted to make sure that any fighting in the movie would be comparable to any male actor. Everything from stick fighting to horse riding was real to her.
compared duplicate legal people regards rights single
In regards to The Haunting, people compared it to the old movie, which is unfair. We didn't have the rights to the movie. I couldn't duplicate a single thing because that would have been legal infringement.
cgi convinced everybody fly kong sequence
In the sequence where they fly off the Hong Kong building, everybody is convinced it has to be CGI or a composite shot, but that's all real.
care character feels
I think you have to know and care about the character. You have to have a character that feels contemporary, and like a real person.
believe bothered certainly exciting expression freedom kids movies personal taken thrilling violence worked
I worked on movies with a lot of violence when I was a cinematographer, and it always bothered me. It's a personal thing. I wouldn't want my kids to see it. I certainly believe that freedom of expression shouldn't be taken away, but I also believe you can make movies that are thrilling and exciting without too much violence.