Provided three separate DVD commentaries for Hostel: Part II (2007), a solo commentary, a commentary with the actors, as well as a commentary with executive producer Quentin Tarantino.
He writes all of his scripts longhand, a practice he started on the advice
of Quentin Tarantino. Roth writes in a handwriting so illegible that
only he can read it in case he loses his notebook.
[interview with Dave Kehr in the New York Times, September
2002] I'll direct any movie starring a monkey or the Olsen Twins. Preferably
both.
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His classical filmmaking style. Roth photographs, edits, and scores his films like 1970s dramas. He does not use the modern "MTV" style of fast cutting, and prefers the filmmaking techniques not to be noticed and to take a back seat to the story and performances.
