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Ti West Biography

Ti" West (born October 5, 1980) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, and occasional actor, best known for his work in horror films. He directed the horror films The Roost (2005), The House of the Devil (2009), The Innkeepers (2011), The Sacrament (2013), and the Western In a Valley of Violence (2016). He has also acted in a number of films, mostly in those directed by either himself or Joe Swanberg.

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I always talk about movies a lot beforehand, and then we would get there, and I'd say, "Let's play around and see how it goes. " And they would do it, and I'd go, "Well, that was awesome. " It was really - I don't know, it was really special to watch them.

Know, Play, See, Special, Watches

You're limited to one image, but you can have 50 audio tracks. It's something you'd be foolish not to experiment with. So I'm also very interested in sound that happens offscreen. I think that's a way to expand the scope of the movie. And it's all very planned out from the script stage. For me, sound design is a major part of the narrative. I think that's what makes working with certain people on the producer level difficult.

Experiment, Narrative, People, Stage, Thinking, Track

The Innkeepers were two nerds in a dead-end job and then they try to get involved and they get in over their heads, and how does it affect them? That, to me, just seems like what happens to people.

Happens, Innkeepers, Involved, Jobs, People, Two

The bad guys, when they start getting picked off, they're upset that their friends died, too. But that's the thing. That's what life is. It's that weird gray area.

Area, Bad, Guy, Life Is, Upset

All those awkward moments - that's on the cast for doing such an amazing job. I think it was funny on the page, but when they did it, you definitely went, "Oh!" Watching it with a crowd that, like you said, was not expecting it to be funny, but then genuinely finding it funny, is totally a credit to their performances.

Awkward, Cast, Funny, Job, Jobs, Thinking

I mean PJ - James Ransone - he was a friend of mine, he probably heard all this stuff, but for the rest of the cast [Valley of Violence], we mostly just talked about their characters and things like that. That was the business at hand.

Character, Hand, Like, Mean, Mostly, Pjs

Tommy Nohilly, who plays Tubby [ Valley of Violence], he came down to see the movie for the first time and I was like, "You've got to come just to see people react to your [big scene]. " I knew that would go well, but it's satisfying to me when he's sitting there and it actually does.

Big, Doe, Nohilly, People, Play, Sitting

Older actresses apparently have no sense of humor about being older actresses.

Actresses, Apparently, Humor, Older, Sense, Sense Of Humor

It's funny, because I don't think of my films as "slow-burn. " I don't even know if I was familiar with the phrase until people started labeling me with it.

Know, Labeling, People, Phrases, Think, Thinking

I'm not sure I understand the compulsion to label things.

Compulsion, Label, Labels, Not Sure, Things

The second half [of Valley of Violence], you're with the guys that you should hate, but when you start seeing what their real lives are, you're like, "I do hate you, but at the same time, all right - maybe take it down a notch. " The complications of all that are what's so interesting to me, those esoteric details - that's what people will hopefully take away from the movie.

Away, Hate, Hopefully, People, Real, Valley

If you ever see the director pulling people aside, that means something's not working. Because you're trying to figure out why it's not working. But we would show up, we would talk about it.

Director, Mean, People, Show, Talk, Trying

In a traditional Western there's always the bravado, and it's almost like they're winking that they know they're in a Western - "Look how good I can spin my gun. " In real life, when the bad guy kills somebody, or they're bad guy friend gets killed, they're upset, too, which is not typical in Westerns.

Bad, Gun, Guy, Killed, Life, Real

Technology has just been the major progression of the last 15 years - instant communication. That stuff has gone so global. That's what's interesting about it. When someone sits down in front of a computer, it's the same everywhere in the world, and it's the same screen looking back at you with the same Google, and there's no individuality to it. So I decided it would be kind of visually uninteresting to have in my films.

Communication, Technology, Interesting, Progression, Global

I always feel like the less you say when you're making a movie, as a director, is the best. That means everything's going great.

Director, Directors, Feels, Like, Mean, Movie

I don't go to see movies to see plots. I'm not interested in puzzles like an Agatha Christie story.

Christie, Like, Not Interested, Plot, Stories, Story

[Valley of Violence] was written for James Ransone. PJ's a friend of mine, I've known him for a long time, he's always like, "Dude, when are we going to make a movie together?" I finally called him.

James, Long, Movie, Pjs, Ransone, Together

It's Ethan Hawke and John Travolta [in Valley of Violence]. It's awesome. They're awesome.

Ethan, Hawke, John, Valleys, Violence

It is a very classic Western [Valley of Violence], and if you like Westerns, you'll like this movie, but there's a tone to it that's all its own that I think is unique and memorable.

Like, Memorable, Movie, Thinking, Unique, Violence

I like movies that leave things in the hands of the audience.

Audience, Hands, Leave, Movies

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