I always feel ill-prepared for commentaries and it had been so long I was afraid I'd forget everything that happened on the film.
I tend to over-intellectualize things, to come at them from a structural point.
Oh, yeah, I love DVD's. I don't have what you'd call an extensive collection, maybe a couple of hundred or so. But I have something on almost all the time.
Peter Becker had done an outstanding job with the Criterion Laser Disc and we wanted to try and make the DVD's supplements just as good.
There are some movies I can watch over and over, never get sick of. I'll put one of those on and be puttering around the house. Then a certain scene will come on and I'll just have to go over and watch.
We were working with this lousy print and it just wasn't going to be good enough. I said that we should get the original negative and do it from that. Well, a couple guys pointed out that the negative was locked up over at Deluxe.
Yeah, he's not on for a really long time, but he's great. The time he's there, it's just great to listen to him.
You know, I don't think I've ever listened to someone's commentary. Ever.
Turned down opportunity to direct 8MM (1999), choosing to do Fight Club (1999) instead.
Turned down opportunity to direct Catch Me If You Can (2002), choosing to do Panic Room (2002) instead.
When David was growing up in Marin County, one of his neighbors was George Lucas, of whom he later worked for with ILM.
David was nominated twice for the Saturn Award for Best Director by the Academy Of Science Fiction And Horror Films, for Alien 3 and Seven in 1993 and 1996, respectively.
David won the International Fantasy Film award from the Italian Fantasporto Awards in 1996 for Seven.
David's music video credits include directing videos for The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, George Michael, Paula Abdul, Nine Inch Nails, Madonna, Jody Watley, The Wallflowers, and A Perfect Circle.
David's commercial credits include tv advertisements for Nike, Converse, Levis, Pepsi, and Revlon.
David usually shoots his films with a blue or green tint on the camera lens.
David usually has films playing on DVD at all times when he is at home or work, in the background.
David has one daughter, Phenix.
David did not go to film school, preferring to work hands-on with the Korty Films company loading cameras and handling equipment in his first film-related job.
David began making his own films with an 8mm camera when he was 8 years old, after being inspired by Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)
David got his first on-screen credit for his work with ILM on Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi (1983). He also worked on Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984) for them as well.
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