Matinee - The Origin of Monster Movies Explained
Lawrence Woolsey: [describing his movie-making philosophy]
A zillion years ago, a guy's living in a cave. He goes out one day, Bam! He gets chased by a mammoth. Now he's scared to death, but he gets away. And when it's all over with, he feels great.
Gene Loomis:
Well, yeah, cause he's still living.
Lawrence Woolsey:
Yeah, but he knows he is. And he feels it. So he goes home, back to the cave, the first thing he does, he does a drawing of the mammoth. And he thinks, "People are coming to see this. Let's make it good. Let's make the teeth real long, and the eyes real mean.
Lawrence Woolsey:
Boom! The first monster movie. That's probably why I still do it. You make the teeth as big as you want, then you kill it off, everything's okay, the lights come up...
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Matinee - The Illusion of Grown-Up Certainty
Gene Loomis:
Y'know, it's hard to believe you're a grown-up.
Ruth Corday:
No kidding.
Lawrence Woolsey:
You think grown-ups have it all figured out? That's just a hustle, kid. Grown-ups are making it up as they go along, just like you. You remember that, and you'll do fine.
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