Alejandro Amenabar

[About the Oscars] Is the ultimate prize for any producer. It would have been a dream if Javier Bardem had read more

[About the Oscars] Is the ultimate prize for any producer. It would have been a dream if Javier Bardem had been nominated for best actor

What's really exciting for me is communicating to other people and not just going somewhere to make a movie. That's read more

What's really exciting for me is communicating to other people and not just going somewhere to make a movie. That's Hollywood to me and it would mean nothing.

Trying to get the attention of the audience in the opposite way it's done in Hollywood today, which is to read more

Trying to get the attention of the audience in the opposite way it's done in Hollywood today, which is to bombard the audience.

Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many read more

Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many elements, sometimes it's too much.

An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. read more

An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have to consider awards with some distance and not get obsessed with it. When you're creating you shouldn't think about it.