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Andrew Dominik (born 7 October 1967) is a New Zealand-born Australian film director and screenwriter. He has directed the crime film Chopper, the Western drama film The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and the neo-noir crime film Killing Them Softly.

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Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesnt have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants.

Criminal, Criminals, Organization, Player, Power

Jesse James is like a Leonard Cohen song, I wanted to do something that was like a pop song.

Cohen, James, Like, Pop Song, Pops, Song

I imagine that in a closed, hermetic society like the mob, where everybody knows each other, it must be really, really unpleasant to have to kill people. It's the sort of thing you really want to avoid.

Hermetic, Imagine, People, Society, Sort, Want

I always feel that crime films are about capitalism.

Capitalism, Crime, Feels, Film, Films

The crime film is the most honest American film.

American, Crime, Film, Honest

I'm not a very efficient filmmaker. There's a lot of guys, filmmakers like the Coen Brothers who shoot a whole movie and maybe don't use 12 setups. I'm in awe of people like that; I'm just not that guy.

Brother, Filmmakers, Guy, Maybe, People, Shoot

It's obviously a lot more of a political undertaking making a movie in Hollywood and it's a business there. In Australia, they don't expect films to make money; whereas in America they're counting on it.

Film, Make, Making, Making Money, Political, Undertaking

I think the film gives you a picture of a person. It gives you a complete picture.

Film, Giving, Person, Think, Thinking

Americans are not renowned for having a sense of irony.

Americans, Having, Irony, Renowned

It always surprises me in films that killers seem so gleeful about killing people.

Films, Gleeful, Killers, People, Surprise, Surprises

You obviously can't cast Brad [Pitt] as an everyman guy because he just brings way too much baggage.

Baggage, Brings, Everyman, Guy, Too Much, Way

Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.

Confused, Ideals, Masculine, Modern, World

It's very difficult to lie to yourself about certain things. I'm not necessarily convinced about how information is gathered and I don't think the credence that's given to it is valid.

Certain, Difficult, Gathered, Information, Lying, Thinking

I'm sure part of the fascination with the film is voyeuristic - that we go to see somebody who's been struck by lightning.

Film, Lightning, Part, See, Somebody, Voyeuristic

I'm from the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" school of screenwriting. I just like to preserve what works and ignore what doesn't work.

Broke, Fix, School, Screenwriting, Works

The fantasy gives you the courage to feel things.

Courage, Fantasy, Feels, Gives, Giving

It's a wonderful thing to go to work and have no idea what you're going to do.

Idea, Thing, Wonderful, Work

I like test screenings. I like to see a movie with an audience of strangers. I think it tells you a lot.

Like, Movie, Stranger, Test, Tests, Thinking

I like violence to be upsetting. The only reason to do it subtley is if doing it subtley makes it more effective somehow.

Reason, Somehow, Subtley, Upset, Violence

As a filmmaker, it's important to sit there and feel embarrassed. If you feel embarrassed by something, you cut it.

Cut, Cutting, Embarrassed, Filmmaker, Important, Sit