Mike Flanagan
Director
1978-05-20
Books by Mike Flanagan
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Quotes by Mike Flanagan
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Audiences have grown to equate being startled with being scared, and will complain that a movie 'isn't scary enough' if it doesn't have enough jump scares... so that means that a lot of studios will insist on shoving jump scares into a movie, regardless of character or story structure, thinking it 'makes it scarier.'
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I do not have the female experience. I don't, and I strive to understand it, but I'll never truly be able to. I don't think any men will, really.
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Gerald's Game,' we could not have made it at a studio without substantive changes to the story.
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I don't like the fact people watch things on their phones and tablets, it kind of hurts my heart.
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Building and sustaining tension is always my priority, so home entertainment provides challenges to that.
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I always tend to tilt dark on an ending, because I feel like, especially with horror movies, those are the endings that don't evaporate. Those are the ones that stick with you.
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I forget who said it, but there's that saying: 'Films are never finished, they're abandoned.' There's always something you think you can improve on, but I don't think you should try. George Lucas started doing it, and didn't stop. You can tinker indefinitely, and it doesn't necessarily make it better.
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