

"The initial trick was for this to not be a big-budget movie. The solution, the director explained, came down to the budget. It was this desire to bring back the low-budget experience of working on "Monsters" that drove Edwards to make sure his latest film, "The Creator," was creatively satisfying while still working within the studio system.

I was as much interested in the process of how to make the film as I was the idea." And so, in a weird way, I was trying to find that kind of scenario again. "I felt like if I could somehow get that big bag of cash and send it back in time to me when I was making 'Monsters,' the possibilities would have been infinite. "It was kind of a shock to have all the money you could ever want, and still be limited," the director said. For Edwards, the expectations and pressure of having a massive budget proved daunting.
