Author: Rod Lurie

Quotes

Classically, throughout all of our history, the movies in times of crisis have turned to military figures as heroes, because they are the guardians of our nation.

Classically, throughout all of our history, the movies in times of crisis have turned to military figures as heroes, because they are the guardians of our nation.

- Rod Lurie

'All the President's Men' is a movie that has a very personal place for me because it made me want to be a journalist, and then it made me want to be a filmmaker.

'All the President's Men' is a movie that has a very personal place for me because it made me want to be a journalist, and then it made me want to be a filmmaker.

- Rod Lurie

If I have to answer one more time, 'Why did you want to remake 'Straw Dogs?'' with the emphasis on the word 'why,' I'm going to flip out.

If I have to answer one more time, 'Why did you want to remake 'Straw Dogs?'' with the emphasis on the word 'why,' I'm going to flip out.

- Rod Lurie

I remember watching movies like 'Fatal Attraction' and watching the audience go bananas at the end of the film.

I remember watching movies like 'Fatal Attraction' and watching the audience go bananas at the end of the film.

- Rod Lurie

People tend to forget about nuclear weapons. We think they are going to remain in silos for the rest of time. As long as they exist, they are going to be used.

People tend to forget about nuclear weapons. We think they are going to remain in silos for the rest of time. As long as they exist, they are going to be used.

- Rod Lurie

I admire how Tarantino finds music that's semifamiliar and not famous: undiscovered gems.

I admire how Tarantino finds music that's semifamiliar and not famous: undiscovered gems.

- Rod Lurie

I came to the conviction that film criticism, in and of itself, was an art.

I came to the conviction that film criticism, in and of itself, was an art.

- Rod Lurie

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