Wolfgang Petersen
Wolfgang Petersen
Wolfgang Petersenis a German film director and screenwriter. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for the 1981 World War II submarine warfare film Das Boot. His other films include The NeverEnding Story, Enemy Mine, In the Line of Fire, Outbreak, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm, Troy, and Poseidon...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth14 March 1941
CityEmden, Germany
CountryGermany
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disaster effective expect genre people treat truly walk
I expect some people will walk out of the theater. But I don't want to be timid. I want to treat the disaster genre realistically. That's what makes it effective and truly scary.
chance disaster disastrous fear impossible metaphor natural nature phobias reflecting sort terrorism whatever
It was a chance to do a film reflecting our phobias today, our fear of terrorism or disaster, like 9-11 or whatever nature can do to us. A natural disaster like this is sort of a metaphor for the impossible and most disastrous thing you can imagine, and what would we do when it hits?
few fine goes indeed next script
We're getting the script in a few weeks, and if everything goes fine and that script goes in the right direction, it could indeed be my next one.
stars rocks achilles
Achilles was like a rock star of his day so it made sense to have Brad Pitt playing him.
technology thinking magic
Theaters are always going to be around, and doing fine. With computers and technology, we're becoming more and more secluded from each other. And the movie theater is one of the last places where we can still gather and experience something together. I don't think the desire for that magic will ever go away.
adventure water poseidon
What are you going to do now? I just wrapped a remake of The Poseidon Adventure .. Lady in the Water.
scripts film
Every film starts with the script.
looks done rooms
I always look for nature or natural lighting within buildings and within rooms that has been done by somebody else to suit their needs. I look at it very closely as a photographic thing, then enhance it.
batman bring german-director inner suffer understand wrestle
We like Batman - we understand him, we suffer with him. On the other hand, we want to be Superman. But they're conflicting philosophies. Let's bring them together in one movie and see how we, as an audience, wrestle with our inner demons.