'eraserhead' Is A Weird, Horrible Nightmare, And

I Think In A Post-9/11 World, With The Images Coming Back From Iraq, Everybody Knows More And More People Who Are Going Over There... The Images On The Youtube Phenomenon Where The Violence Is So Immediate. Direct People Need Something Stronger To Respond To. I Think That There's Definitely A Wave Of Directors - Who Are Labelled The Splat Pack - Who Really, Really Care About Making Great Scary Movies.

I Felt People Responded To Two Things. One, Obviously, Is The Gore And The Scenes Like The Eye Gauging.

I Think That Many People Are Ashamed When They Feel Afraid. There's This Thing In Our Society That You're Not Allowed To Feel Scared. You Have To Be A Man And Put On A Brave Face, But We All Have Fears.

Quentin [tarantino] Called Me And Said: "yeah, You've Got To Be In My Movie. You've Got To Be In Death Proof." But He Made Me Audition. I Was Like: "dude, I Don't Even Want To Do This..." So I Left The Casting Of Hostel: Part Ii To Drive To Venice, Where Quentin Was Holding His Casting, And The Person Ahead Of Me Was Derek Richardson From Hostel 1 And He Was Like: "dude, What Are You Doing Here?" I Said: "don't Ask!"

'beatrice Cenci' Was An Amazing Film. If It Were Released Today It'd Win Best Picture. It's So Well Done, It's So Contemporary, And The Filmmaking Is So Smart.