Peter Berg

So we all basically were a bunch of high school kids in New York City trying to go to a Santana concert. And we just started fucking tripping out. And... It was scary. It was actually really, really scary. This movie is experientially, it becomes, and this is something that is one of my strategies when I'm making movies, is I don't want my movie to be a spectator sport.

i don't want you watching it i want you participating i want to try and grab you by the throat and make you watch and be like come on bro watch put the phone down i want to own your heart and your mind and your pulse while you're watching my films that's just a goal some sometimes i do better than others but that's always the goal i don't want you kind of sitting back watching this gasper no he takes you into it in a way that um

i don't want you watching it i want you participating i want to try and grab you by the throat and make you watch and be like come on bro watch put the phone down i want to own your heart and your mind and your pulse while you're watching my films that's just a goal some sometimes i do better than others but that's always the goal i don't want you kind of sitting back watching this gasper no he takes you into it in a way that um

i don't want you watching it i want you participating i want to try and grab you by the throat and make you watch and be like come on bro watch put the phone down i want to own your heart and your mind and your pulse while you're watching my films that's just a goal some sometimes i do better than others but that's always the goal i don't want you kind of sitting back watching this gasper no he takes you into it in a way that um

I'm sure a lot of people will hate it. Is he the guy that speaks to you the most right now? No, I don't. I mean, there's a part of me like, so I'm getting ready to make a film called Mosquito Ball, this war movie. And these young kids went through, I don't know if you know, the Pacific Theater campaign and what the battles of Tarawa and...

I'm sure a lot of people will hate it. Is he the guy that speaks to you the most right now? No, I don't. I mean, there's a part of me like, so I'm getting ready to make a film called Mosquito Ball, this war movie. And these young kids went through, I don't know if you know, the Pacific Theater campaign and what the battles of Tarawa and...

I'm sure a lot of people will hate it. Is he the guy that speaks to you the most right now? No, I don't. I mean, there's a part of me like, so I'm getting ready to make a film called Mosquito Ball, this war movie. And these young kids went through, I don't know if you know, the Pacific Theater campaign and what the battles of Tarawa and...

Guadalcanal and Okinawa, these were hellacious, awful fucking violent fights. And the Japanese wouldn't surrender and they believed in Emperor Horohito, so they would fight to the death. You know, bonsai charges and seppuku, they would kill themselves before they would...

Guadalcanal and Okinawa, these were hellacious, awful fucking violent fights. And the Japanese wouldn't surrender and they believed in Emperor Horohito, so they would fight to the death. You know, bonsai charges and seppuku, they would kill themselves before they would...

Guadalcanal and Okinawa, these were hellacious, awful fucking violent fights. And the Japanese wouldn't surrender and they believed in Emperor Horohito, so they would fight to the death. You know, bonsai charges and seppuku, they would kill themselves before they would...

You had these young American kids who in our movie were college football players who Pearl Harbor hits and they immediately joined the military and they have to go fight these fucking horrific battles. Like just people's throats getting blown out and torturing and killing and suicides from the locals.

You had these young American kids who in our movie were college football players who Pearl Harbor hits and they immediately joined the military and they have to go fight these fucking horrific battles. Like just people's throats getting blown out and torturing and killing and suicides from the locals.

You had these young American kids who in our movie were college football players who Pearl Harbor hits and they immediately joined the military and they have to go fight these fucking horrific battles. Like just people's throats getting blown out and torturing and killing and suicides from the locals.

And so to me, one of my goals with this next film is I want to try, because there's been a lot of good war films, and just like there have been a lot of good Westerns, and I always said, well, I never got to make one, so I want to try and make a Western. That was American Primeval. There have been a lot of great war films, great war films, but I never got to make one.

And so to me, one of my goals with this next film is I want to try, because there's been a lot of good war films, and just like there have been a lot of good Westerns, and I always said, well, I never got to make one, so I want to try and make a Western. That was American Primeval. There have been a lot of great war films, great war films, but I never got to make one.

And so to me, one of my goals with this next film is I want to try, because there's been a lot of good war films, and just like there have been a lot of good Westerns, and I always said, well, I never got to make one, so I want to try and make a Western. That was American Primeval. There have been a lot of great war films, great war films, but I never got to make one.

So my take is to try and bring people into the experience of how— But you have made war films, right? World War II. Oh, okay. So you're right. I made Lone Survivor, but I never made a World War II film. And there have been a lot of great ones, you know, from Private Ryan to Hacksaw Ridge. Private Ryan was probably the first one that was realistic, though, right? Yeah. I mean, that opening scene?

So my take is to try and bring people into the experience of how— But you have made war films, right? World War II. Oh, okay. So you're right. I made Lone Survivor, but I never made a World War II film. And there have been a lot of great ones, you know, from Private Ryan to Hacksaw Ridge. Private Ryan was probably the first one that was realistic, though, right? Yeah. I mean, that opening scene?

So my take is to try and bring people into the experience of how— But you have made war films, right? World War II. Oh, okay. So you're right. I made Lone Survivor, but I never made a World War II film. And there have been a lot of great ones, you know, from Private Ryan to Hacksaw Ridge. Private Ryan was probably the first one that was realistic, though, right? Yeah. I mean, that opening scene?

Yeah, yeah. Holy fucking shit. Which is like why Steve, for anyone, like you asked me who I look up to, Steven Spielberg. He is so far and ahead the goat of my business to think that the guy who did fucking... Jurassic Park and E.T. God love both. Close Encounters.