Tell us a little about yourself . Why and how did your passion for film originate ? I ' m a college student in Colorado who has always loved movies since I saw my first film at age five . I used to go every week with my dad to the theater and see a new film each week . You could say I got obsessed with the process and I wanted to learn everything I could about it . How did you become interested in writing reviews ? I ' ve always had an affinity for writing , but I didn ' t start writing reviews until I started to study the art of film . I always was recommending movies to people around me based on what they liked and I thought that critiquing movies from a filmmaker ' s perspective would be a fun way to intellectually challenge myself . Who or what would you say are your biggest influences ? I have a lot of inspiration and influences in my life . Neil Gaiman has always been my favorite author . I love Francis Picabia and Frida Kahlo ' s work . In terms of filmmaking , Wes Anderson and Guillermo del Toro have a distinct style that I admire . If you could have one superpower , what would it be and why ? It would probably be to move objects with my mind , since you can mess with people and make them think that their house is haunted . What was the first scary movie you remember watching ? The first scary movie I remember watching was Leprechaun . I was little at the time and I got scared when the pot of gold grows inside of the guy ’ s stomach and the leprechaun rips it open . It got me curious , though , and soon after I remember watching Dracula 2000 and loving the feeling of being scared the entire time ( of course , those movies are nothing compared to
Interview with Caroline Field
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Tell us a little about yourself . Why and how did your passion for film originate ? I ' m a college student in Colorado who has always loved movies since I saw my first film at age five . I used to go every week with my dad to the theater and see a new film each week . You could say I got obsessed with the process and I wanted to learn everything I could about it . How did you become interested in writing reviews ? I ' ve always had an affinity for writing , but I didn ' t start writing reviews until I started to study the art of film . I always was recommending movies to people around me based on what they liked and I thought that critiquing movies from a filmmaker ' s perspective would be a fun way to intellectually challenge myself . Who or what would you say are your biggest influences ? I have a lot of inspiration and influences in my life . Neil Gaiman has always been my favorite author . I love Francis Picabia and Frida Kahlo ' s work . In terms of filmmaking , Wes Anderson and Guillermo del Toro have a distinct style that I admire . If you could have one superpower , what would it be and why ? It would probably be to move objects with my mind , since you can mess with people and make them think that their house is haunted . What was the first scary movie you remember watching ? The first scary movie I remember watching was Leprechaun . I was little at the time and I got scared when the pot of gold grows inside of the guy ’ s stomach and the leprechaun rips it open . It got me curious , though , and soon after I remember watching Dracula 2000 and loving the feeling of being scared the entire time ( of course , those movies are nothing compared to
some of the movies I ' ve watched now ). What is it about horror and sci-fi that appeals to you ? The aspect of horror that I love the most is that a good horror film relies on two elements : emotion and atmosphere . If you don ' t have those two elements balancing each other out , you won ' t have a good film . I like being scared , I like being grossed out . I like being surprised by a good story most of all . In terms of sci-fi , I love the worlds that those movies create . The " what-if ' s " of our minds can be answered in the realm of science fiction . We can see the consequences and the benefits of living in a different world . I like having those questions answered in a fun and creative way . How many hours a week do you watch horror and scifi flicks ? Too many . Gore , jump-scares or psychologically traumatic ? I personally think jump-scares are a little cheap at this point , since many modern horror movies follow the same setup . It ' s not as surprising anymore . I like a little gore ( maybe not Saw-level ) and a little bit of crisis in my ideal horror film . If the character is in a perilous situation , they need to think off the top of their head and be clever to get out of it . They create suspense and frights in the process . Those tactical strategies make for a clever film if they ' re done right . And there ' s nothing wrong with a good psychological-focused movie that will leave you with a bad feeling in your stomach after watching it .