All of us have that feeling of some deficiency from our childhood. I think that's a universal thing.
Rian JohnsonWriting in a lot of ways feels more like excavation than construction. It feels like you're uncovering this thing bit by bit, discovering what it is, instead of constructing it upwards.
Rian JohnsonThat's part of the appeal of time-travel movies: The notion of going back and fixing something.
Rian JohnsonBack before 'Brick,' I wrote a short film that I never ended up shooting: hit men in the present who work for a mob in the future who send their victims back in time. A guy is sent his future self, he lets him run, and the whole short was them chasing each other across the city. That sat in a drawer for 10 years until after I made 'Brothers Bloom.
Rian Johnson