Monday, February 25, 2013

Television and Cinema Verities #59



"It’s funny because someone one asked me about why I dressed the girls like that, and I said, “Do you not get the metaphor there? The girls are in a brothel performing for men in the dark. In the fantasy sequences, the men in the dark are us. The men in the dark are basically me; dorky sci-fi kids.”

 Director Zack Snyder discusses Sucker Punch (2011) at Film School Rejects
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2 comments:

  1. SFF7:10 AM

    Great quote.
    People really missed the boat on this film on so many levels.
    Shame.

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  2. David1:43 PM

    Dorky Sci Fi kids should not make movies it seems.

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