Ninja vs Penguin

Penguin June 23rd, 2008

Bryan Bertino talks about his directorial debut on The Strangers:

It seems so simple from a distance, the concepts of finding the right cast, picking a crew, finding a location. But in reality, from the minute pre-production began, I was thrust into a world I had only read about or at least seen glimpses of in DVD bonus features.

Finding your cast is about finding the right person to help you create a true character. It is about finding someone who can help the words on the paper come alive.

Questions are the key to what a director does. You are like a machine, being driven from place to place. Your life is simplified

There was nothing in the books I had studied over the years before production that could have helped me.

I needed to shut up and go work. Whether it was my first time or my twentieth, I was going to make something that people would watch, something with my name on it. It would be judged whether I was a first-timer or not.

Movie Maker

There’s some great insight that most filmmakers hope they’ll have one day. In the meantime, it’s great inspiration to keep writing, keep shooting, and keep making movies “that people would watch”.

-Penguin

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