Civics Is In Fact Politics, And Politics

In Most Films Music Is Brought In At The End, After The Picture Is More Or Less Locked, To Amplify The Emotions The Filmmaker Wants You To Feel.

Like A Layer On A Pearl, You Can't Specifically Identify The Irritant, The Moment Of The Irritant, But At The End Of The Day, You Know You Have A Pearl.

I Can Understand Why Some Of These Drummers And Bass Players Become Cult Figures With All Of Their Equipment And The Incredible Amount Of Technique They Have. But There's Very Little That I Think Satisfies You Intellectually Or Emotionally.

It Follows The Seasons, Beginning Each Year With The Fond Expectancy Of Springtime And Ending With The Hard Facts Of Autumn.

I Have Made A Film About Jazz That Tries To Look Through Jazz To See What It Tells Us About Who We Are As A People. I Think That Jazz Is A Spectacularly Accurate Model Of Democracy And A Kind Of Look Into Our Redemptive Future Possibilities.