Terry Zwigoff
Terry Zwigoff
Terry Zwigoff is an American filmmaker whose work often deals with misfits, antiheroes, and themes of alienation...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 May 1949
CountryUnited States of America
films great hard loud though trying
I'm not trying to be self-serving, but you know, you get to Hollywood, and if you want to make something big and loud and dumb, it's pretty easy. It's very hard to go down there and make a film like 'Sideways,' which I thought was a great film. They don't want to make films like that anymore, even though that film was very successful.
bad generally mechanics paying
If I start paying attention to the mechanics of a film while watching it, then it's generally a bad film.
conceit consider films seriously time
If I see my films described as 'quirky' or, even worse, 'snarky' one more time, I'm going to probably seriously consider an early retirement. All these years, I've labored under the conceit that they were "darkly humorous.'
across change funny gives hopefully hopes offer people point strongest
I try to make a film that's very entertaining, very funny, but also gives you something to think about. And the strongest thing I have to offer is my point of view, to get across how I see the world in hopes that it can change the way other people see the world, hopefully for the better.
thinking cost benefits
That would be getting up at 5 am... I don't understand why film's shoot such brutal hours. I think it'd be worth it to not be so strictly cost-effective and have an 8 hour day. The film's would benefit in the end.
film genocide reviews
It makes it difficult to decide which to go see, since no film about say, some tragic genocide in Africa is going to get a bad review even if it's poorly made.
hate vices likes
I hope they get something of interest out of it, but I'd rather they all hate it and I like it, instead of vice versa... I make films to please myself first, and if the audience likes them, all the better.
time crazy moving
Luckily, he was in the process of moving to France at the time, anyway. But if he had stayed in the States, I don't know how he would have handled that, because it was getting pretty crazy. I mean, a celebrity which he really did not welcome. And I can't blame him.
people hiv stories
Because I found myself telling the story of his family to people without the visual aids that I was able to employ by filming them eventually. But I very much knew exactly what I was going to do.
today pay bills
I was inspired to do anything I could to get out of what I was doing... today, I'm motivated to pay the bills.
documentaries film
Saying that all documentaries are the same is like saying all foreign films are the same.
mother kids santa
I never saw a department store Santa as a kid. My mother was afraid to take me.
tests film type
Certain types of films will never test well. My films never seem to test well.
country america choices
There's no choice left in America anymore. Anything that's authentic and genuine, anything that grew out of any sense of tradition, is wiped out. We're left with this bland monoculture that's swept over the whole country.