John Hillcoat - I love 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner' and...

I love 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner' and '2001.'

Biography

Author Profession: Director

Nationality: Australian

Born: 1960

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Topics

Alien, Blade, Blade Runner, I Love, Love, Runner

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I like the realism of anti-heroes. It's a healthy thing. I think heroes can be very unhealthy at times because it doesn't connect you to reality.

You Reality Think Like

It's not awards per se that bother me; it's entirely to do with the impetus they give for marketing a film.

Me Awards Marketing Give

Everyone has a family, even if they're at war or fallen apart. It's the closest initial bond, and there's a sort of primal element to that. Your primary relationships are formed out of family.

Family War Bond Your

Film has its own innate poetry.

Poetry Own Film Innate

For all the spectacle of CGI, there's something alien and unreal about that domain, like a videogame.

Alien Something Like About

I love working with ensemble groups of actors.

Love Working I Love Ensemble

I know the power of going to Mount St. Helens, and to see that level of devastation is quite something - the power of tsunamis, etc. But it's human cruelty, the base level of humanity, that scares me most.

Me Power Humanity Know

There is a capacity for violence we all harbour, and under certain circumstances, it comes out.

Violence Circumstances Out Capacity

We talk about that a lot: how, when you're under pressure, it brings out the best and the worst in people.

Best You People Pressure

Radiohead showed a real affinity to being bold with visual imagery, so it came as no surprise when Jonny Greenwood did 'There Will Be Blood.'

Surprise Will Real Blood

Bands are actively seeking more film involvement - because the days of recording albums and MTV and even touring, to some extent, are gone.

Some More Days Gone

I think the environment is the biggest threat mankind has ever faced.

Think Environment I Think Mankind

Any way you want to slice it, the thing about the apocalypse is, since the beginning of time, it's the projection of mankind's worst fear. The day that, as a race, our number is up.

Day Time Fear You

I've realized I've become a bit reactive to each film I do. After 'The Road,' I was desperate to do something that had color and warmth to it and a stronger sense of community.

Community Road Color Stronger

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