Uni Quotes

Most people want those fantasies of those who are worthy of our hate - we get rid of a lot of anger that way; and of those who are worthy of our idolatry. Whether it`s Farrah Fawcett or somebody else, it doesn`t make a difference. They`re easily replaceable units, pick `em out like a card file. Johnnie Ray enjoyed that kind of hysterical popularity, celebration, and then suddenly he wasn`t there anymore. The Beatles are now nobody in particular. Once they set screaming crowds running after them, they ran in fear of their lives, they had special tunnels for them. They can walk almost anyplace now. Because the fantasy is gone. Elvis Presley - bloated, over the hill, adolescent entertainer, suddenly drawing people into Las Vegas - had nothing to do with excellence, just myth. It`s convenient for people to believe that something is wonderful, therefore they`re wonderful.

To be in the hands of an auteur like (Andrei Tarkovsky), that would be just brilliant. But I don`t know if those kind of films can ever be made any more. To get art nowadays, in cinema or books or anything, that grapples with the possibility of a meaningless universe . . . it just doesn`t happen any more. In even the most indie of the indie films, everything has to come to some kind of neat conclusion. But that`s part of the problem with politics and history and everything today, that people think there`s a right and a wrong, a good and a bad . . . maybe there just isn`t . . . .

Another trend is a lot of women are going to see horror films. That`s a really welcome development for horror... It actually has a broadened audience. I think most studios recognize that there is a real potential in horror, if you can find something new and unique. For a while it was a lot of remaking of Japanese horror films that have a whole different way of approaching a story - some of which translates quite well in this country. It is fascinating to watch for a guy who worked in the horror trenches.

I went to uni because that was what was expected of me really, and all my mates were going to university,

Our position - our case - is built on clear legal precedent. The (U.S.) Supreme Court has even ruled that paintings and art prints are clearly protected under the First Amendment. Under protected speech, I don`t have to get permission from anybody, including the University of Alabama, to engage in that activity.