You never want to make a "message movie," but you always want to be talking about something that you care about.
Rian JohnsonEven if I had $200 million, Iโm very wary of overusing CGI. I think itโs a great tool and it can be used really effectively, but I feel like it does tend to be overused and especially in sci-fi stuff.
Rian JohnsonIf I spend a year and a half writing a script, the first year will be outlining in notebooks. It's just the way I work, definitely not necessarily the best way.
Rian Johnson