Jurassic World Rebirth movie-maker Gareth Edwards has recently opened up about receiving valuable advice from Jurassic Park director Steven Spielberg.
In an exclusive interview with SyFy, the movie-maker recalled wise words from Steven, “Making a movie for the cinema, it's like being a chef and making a meal.”
“The only difference is that when you're a chef for the cinema, the audience has to leave hungry. If they leave full, you've kind of failed,’” stated Gareth.
Godzilla director noted, “It was an interesting thing, because it goes against your instincts.”
Gareth explained in simple words, “You're trying to please the audience and make them happy. And the audience — especially in a test screening — they'll tell you what they want to be happier.”
“But it's not about that,” he continued.
The Creator director pointed out that it’s about “creating anticipation and surprise and, in a weird way, having them leave and want to go back and watch it again”.
“Obviously, that's where you have the big success like he has. And so, I really took that to heart,” mentioned the movie-maker.
Gareth added, “It was super interesting. And it's that piece of advice where, the second you hear it, you go, ‘Oh, of course!’ Retrospectively, it’s obvious.”
“But I'd never really thought about it like that. And so yeah, that was super useful,” concluded the movie-maker.