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GR: I heard that you filmed real ghosts. DP: I heard that, too! A Japanese newspaper telephoned us to see how many were filmed, but we can't find the two ghosts that they described. GR: Has making The Eye added to your belief in ghosts? DP: I've always believed in ghosts. GR: Were you ever afraid the ghosts in your movie might appear comical? DP: There were two basic principles we followed. First, we studied a lot of ghost movies and realized that ghosts always appear in a standard way. Ghosts appear at night, they suddenly jump out of nowhere to scare you, and they're usually lit by green light for atmosphere. We decided to never use any of these three devices. Second, a lot of Asian ghost films-especially ones from Hong Kong-have a lot of comedic elements. We decided to put no comedy into The Eye. GR: How do you and your twin brother share the task of direction? DP: We sit together and think of a plot and script. Then we hire someone to draw storyboards, which we oversee every day. Then he and I direct every other day. The one who's not directing, edits. GR: Do you and Oxide have very different styles of directing or editing? DP: Our directing paths are very similar. When you assemble all the scenes it's amazing to see them cut together, especially considering different angles and timing. It was very coincidental. Oxide shot a scene with the back of an actor and I shot the front, but when they were cut together, it was perfect. There is a bond because we lived together and went to school together for so many years. Even if you have a friend for that amount of time it would be easy to understand each other's thoughts. GR: Did you and Oxide ever fight when you were making the movie? DP: When we were boys, we fought. We've stopped because nowadays if we have fights we might kill each other. |