John Dahl
John Dahl
John Dahlis an American film and television director and writer, best known for his work in the neo-noir genre...
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He is the man to go to. He changed the way the military was portrayed in films and made it more accurate.
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It was a great experience. We were dedicated to the authenticity of the story.
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It's a story about American combat in a foreign country, ... and it's a heroic story. Right now, not too many foreign territories are interested in that kind of story, and it has to do well overseas.
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In the last few years the Asian securitization market has improved significantly. In the coming years, I would expect there to be an even more robust market for securitization in Asia.
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Matt and I talked about that when we first started. He said, 'How do we convey the emotion in this story if i've got to be poker-faced?' I think really, if you think about being poker-faced, it's being a good actor.
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I did not go to boot camp, ... but our actors did. I am not an actor, so I was spared.
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The original script envisioned this men-on-a-mission story like 'Guns of Navarone' or 'The Dirty Dozen,' with 12 people instead of 120, ... But the actual events were pretty spectacular, so we told Miramax, 'You've got an amazing piece of material here; we should try to tell it as accurately as possible.'