I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.
Ted DemmeThe older I get the more I realize there's no real good guys or real bad guys, and I'm curious about how the good guys got good and how the bad guys got bad.
Ted DemmeWhat I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff.
Ted Demme