Author: Joe Dante

Quotes

Editing is where movies are made or broken. Many a film has been saved and many a film has been ruined in the editing room.

Editing is where movies are made or broken. Many a film has been saved and many a film has been ruined in the editing room.

- Joe Dante

I don't think you can ever be ahead of your time with cynicism about that subject. No, I don't think it was ahead of its time. I think it was very much a product of its time.

I don't think you can ever be ahead of your time with cynicism about that subject. No, I don't think it was ahead of its time. I think it was very much a product of its time.

- Joe Dante

I don't believe that you can judge the worth of a movie in the atmosphere in which it comes out the first time. There's just so many reasons why some pictures don't catch on.

I don't believe that you can judge the worth of a movie in the atmosphere in which it comes out the first time. There's just so many reasons why some pictures don't catch on.

- Joe Dante

A lot of filmmakers from my generation were lucky enough to have their work more or less perpetuated by people who saw them originally on TV and on HBO and certainly on home video.

A lot of filmmakers from my generation were lucky enough to have their work more or less perpetuated by people who saw them originally on TV and on HBO and certainly on home video.

- Joe Dante

I mean, movies are all geared to be basically under 25, and they're all tentpoles, explosions, excitement and all that - they take advantage of the big screen, which is great.

I mean, movies are all geared to be basically under 25, and they're all tentpoles, explosions, excitement and all that - they take advantage of the big screen, which is great.

- Joe Dante

I love 'Evil Dead 2!' Who doesn't love 'Evil Dead 2?'

I love 'Evil Dead 2!' Who doesn't love 'Evil Dead 2?'

- Joe Dante

I've made a lot of movies with kids in them. I don't know why that is, but it's something I've noticed.

I've made a lot of movies with kids in them. I don't know why that is, but it's something I've noticed.

- Joe Dante

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