John Foster
John Foster
films until
I didn't really discover yakuza films until about five or six years ago.
avoid communication conscious cultural decision
I wanted to avoid communication and cultural problems, so I made the conscious decision to be the only non-Japanese person on the crew.
bring directors filming films totally
As you can probably tell, I like films and directors that bring a totally unique style to filming action.
since
Since my Japanese isn't very good, I had to have an interpreter to communicate with most of the crew.
lived mid
I had lived in Fukuoka during the mid 1990s, and I was a volunteer with the Fukuoka Asian Film Festival.
fire genius characteristics
One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.
book reading order
Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that economy in reading which selects, almost exclusively, the very first order of books. Why, except for some special reason, read an inferior book, at the very time you might be reading one of the highest order?
inner reveal shakespeare uses
To me, Shakespeare uses the supernatural elements to reveal his character's inner desires and fears.
combine directors financing japanese people trying
There aren't many American directors here trying to direct a Japanese yakuza film. When you combine that with the fact that I don't speak much Japanese and this was an independent film I was financing myself - people were curious about what I was doing.