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All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived.

I look at the story, I look at the idea and just try to think of it in terms of that whole body of myth and see where the characters fit in and what they ought to be doing-all those archetypes are there to play with.

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I only storyboard scenes that require special effects, where it is necessary to communicate through pictures.

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I was in Japan, and my assistant director had worked with Kurosawa. I used quite of number of Kurosawa's crew.

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It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even people that are not critically attuned are aware of cynical manipulation in film.

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