62 Quotes by Panos Cosmatos

I think what I was unconsciously expressing in 'Black Rainbow' was a very abstract and metaphorical grief, in the way I had suppressed my grief about my mother dying. In retrospect I realise I started writing 'Mandy' as a sort of antidote to that, to sort of express those emotions, to purge that grief.

I am not against it. But I am suspicious of all forms of New Age spirituality, and religion in general.

Mandy' came from grief and depression. I wanted this to be an outward volcanic expulsion of the emotion of my first film.

When I was a kid I wasn't allowed to watch horror movies at all. And actually, one of the genesis points for 'Mandy' and 'Black Rainbow' was this memory I have of being in video stores, reading the backs of videos and looking at the art, imagining some kind of non-existent imaginary film based on that.

I feel happy working in the low-budget realm, doing stuff that is a little bit more esoteric, and personal.

In the night there's sometimes a sort of cursed quality to the Pacific Northwest.

I realized the modern equivalent of a broadsword duel would be a chainsaw battle.

Motley Crue was actually my gateway to heavy metal.

I want my films to be very tactile, visually and sonically.