I was very worried when we made the deal with Universal [to makeLand of the Dead].
But they really let us make the movie.
My complaint was just that it was a grueling process, and the film had gotten too big.
All the pressure, and the dough, and everything that comes with that, becomes a burden.
Would you ever do a franchise film?If I loved it, maybe.
But then they probably wouldnt want me to do the real [Edgar Rice] Burroughs version.
Do you read the criticism of your work, positive and negative?I read some of it.
Its really hard because its very personal.
You dont like to read the bad stuff, and the good stuff you dont believe.
I dont get much out of it one way or another.
Would you like to have madeSweeney Todd?I don?t think so.
Not in that way.
It would have been nice to make it a little smaller.
They used to come and shoot them at [my] home, so its like, anything goes.
It makes the commentaries a lot more fun.I love doing those things.
You get back together with your buddies.
When we were doingKnightriders, man, [Tom] Savini and I were sitting thereweeping.
Were you two separated at birth?Sometimes I think we were.
Theres a story [there].
The film that made me want to make movies was a Michael Powell film calledThe Tales of Hoffman.
So whenever I had enough dough thats what I would do.
Id get the projector and Id rentThe Tales of Hoffman.
Some kid in Brooklyn.
Over the next couple of years whenever it was out, this kid had it.
And that kid was Marty.
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