They're happy not to know about it
23rd May 2017 | for Creatives | artist integrity, film, action, reaching your audience, filmmaking, value the art, magic/illusion/mentalism, David Lynch |
"Like Cliffhanger. More people have seen how they did the helicopter shot in that than people have seen the movie! Magicians keep their secrets to themselves. And they know that as soon as they tell, someone will say, 'Are you kidding me? That's so simple." It's horrifying to me, that they do that. People don't realize it, but as soon as they hear or see that, something dies inside them. They're deader than they were. They're not, like, happy to know about this stuff. They're happy not to know about it. And they shouldn't know about it. It's nothing to do with the film! And will only ruin the film! Why would they talk about it?"
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