There are equal levels of choreography in the fight sequences. I find, y'know, I'm sitting there flipping though channels, why do the films of yesteryear, without reservation, look much better than the films of today. It's because of stocks, arc lights, a lot of things. I want to recreate that. It looks so luxurious and fantastic.
Realism is what people are used to now.
We wanted it to be founded in reality, but ultimately we wanted to give a sparkle and a glisten to the film, hyperreal, not surreal. We wanted to give it that champagne. I mean, I want this film to be perceived differently by men than it is by women and certainly by boys than it is girls. Boys can be excited by the attractiveness of the females and the raw action. We wanted the action to be scripted in a language that is more traditionally male.