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" Music emotionally and psychologically transports you immediately. "
David Leitch
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" I've been really fortunate in my career to do budgets at all different levels. "
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" Even when you're being safe, eight hours of choreography makes you look like you've been through a war. It's hard. It's like playing hockey for eight hours. "
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" Coming from an action background, I always approach the action sequences in any script as kind of placeholders. "
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" You know, the 'Atomic Blonde' universe is its own universe. There's influences obviously of Bond and Bourne and 'Wick,' all the things I've been exposed to, but it is its own universe. "
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" I've been doing second unit for years, which is sort of like directing mini movies. Now that I'm directing entire films, it's really just more of everything. There are a lot more questions that need answers. "
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" It's called 'John Wick' - it's really about this guy's very simple journey. We just didn't want to clutter it. It's gratifying it in its own right, in its simplicity. "
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" There's a lot of directing within the stunt coordinator's job. "
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" As a director, just to be able to jump in to do something that's different, and to explore comedy and be challenged by that, is great. Some directors never get that opportunity. "
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" The way you present a stunt is tied in to the way you photograph it, so you're hanging out with the cinematographer. "
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" Choreographing a fight scene is telling a little story. You learn a lot about the characters involved. "
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" I find fight scenes actually more interesting, in a way, than chase scenes because you're watching your character go through this problem-solving process and fight the antagonist mano-a-mano. It's more powerful, more emotional. "
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Character
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" Sometimes, the action genre does get stale. Although I want to go back and see my favorite characters in their tentpoles - and will religiously do that - it's really fun to see breakout ideas and concepts. Let's make some new stories. "
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" I think, as a choreographer and an action designer, you're constantly giving your characters problems to overcome. That's what makes it fun for choreography. But it also makes it fun for the audience to see them solve those puzzles and how they are as a human being. "
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Giving
" You learn tricks to make action look more dynamic - having the fight come toward you or shooting on a longer lens to compress the speed. "
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" There's an arc to an action sequence, and you need to come out the other end knowing your character better, and maybe the story has moved forward in a compelling way. "
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" Film is a collaborative art form. I don't know why you wouldn't recognize the stunt performers. "
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" The character of Cable is complex. "
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" Friends who are directors like Jim Mangold or the Wachowskis or Zack Snyder - who, whether they know or not - have really left a mark on who I am as a director. "
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" As a second unit director, you're entrusted to shoot the action sequences. On every movie, it's slightly different. "
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" In the stunt world, fights and vehicles are often two different disciplines. "
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" People have given their lives to this industry to make movies compelling. "
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" As a filmmaker, I'm a collaborator first. "
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" I think what's really important is to challenge yourself. You can very easily fall into the rut of, 'We know it works! We'll use that old chestnut.' "
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" Stunt coordinating is a good training ground for directing because you have exposure to all the departments in film. "
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" The vehicle-stunt world is so specialized. But when you spend so long in it as a stunt coordinator, you're exposed to all the disciplines, so it's always fun to combine the two ideas - a car chase and a fight scene - and make something more dynamic. "
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" Fight choreography has far more in common with dance choreography than it does with actual martial arts. You learn martial arts techniques, but those are just the movements for the choreography. You're working with a partner in choreography. You're working on timing. "
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