I don't think of the marketplace as teen-oriented or teen-dominated. I think of it as dominated by high-concept, in marketing especially.
Curtis HansonI make that distinction only because I came to it strictly as someone who was just a lover of storytellers and cinematic storytellers.
Curtis HansonConsequently, their school [film-school ] was the school of life, and it was very much reflected in their work.
Curtis HansonOn the surface, Wonder Boys seemed like such a departure from L.A. Confidential - it's funny, it's contemporary, and so on - and yet at a certain point, I had a feeling that reminded me how I felt when I was shooting L.A. Confidential. I analyzed it for a while, and thought about how emotionally involved I was with the characters. Then I realized that in both movies, there are three main male characters and one female, and all of them are struggling to figure out what they're doing with their lives, independent of each other.
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