June 24, 2008

Bret Wood is the studious and perverse filmmaker behind

Kingdom of Shadows: The Rise of the Horror Film (1998),
Hell’s Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003), and
Psychopathia Sexualis: From the Case Histories of Krafft-Ebbing (2006)

Bret’s based in Atlanta, and the Atlanta-based online film magazine Short Ends has a terrific new interview with him.

A few quotes:

Silent film I pay homage to. It’s not that I’m trying to mimic silent film or make a specific reference, but I just love that style of language. It’s a poetry that no one speaks anymore. I love it so much that I try to keep it alive.

I’ve always been attracted to films where by the end it’s not so much about the goal anymore.

Read the full interview, by Noralil Ryan Fores, here.