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Ethan Hawke

It's difficult to do a genre film well, and it doesn't matter if you're talking vampire movies or 'Dawn of the Dead' or 'The Thing' or 'Escape From New York.' Those kind of movies, they understand what the old-school B-movie is supposed to be, they get th

Ethan Hawke

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Ethan Hawke is saying that making a good movie within a specific genre, like horror or action, is challenging because it requires understanding the style and rules of classic B-movies. He highlights that successful films in these genres respect and capture the essence of old-fashioned, low-budget movies rather than just copying them.

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