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The Test Of A Work Of Art Is, In The End, Our Affection For It, Not Our Ability To Explain Why It Is Good.

In His Essay On The Uncanny, Das Unheimliche, Freud Said That The Uncanny Is The Only Feeling Which Is More Powerfully Experienced In Art Than In Life. If The Horror Genre Required Any Justification, I Should Think This Alone Would Serve As Its Credentials.

Anyone Who Has Ever Been Privileged To Direct A Film Also Knows That, Although It Can Be Like Trying To Write 'war And Peace' In A Bumper Car In An Amusement Park, When You Finally Get It Right, There Are Not Many Joys In Life That Can Equal The Feeling.

The Director's Job Is To Know What Emotional Statement He Wants A Character To Convey In His Scene Or His Line, And To Exercise Taste And Judgment In Helping The Actor Give His Best Possible Performance.

The Most Terrifying Fact About The Universe Is Not That It Is Hostile But That It Is Indifferent, But If We Can Come To Terms With This Indifference, Then Our Existence As A Species Can Have Genuine Meaning. However Vast The Darkness, We Must Supply Our Own Light.