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I Know Why We Can't Have A Frank Discussion With Our Policymakers - If You're In The Government Or In Law Enforcement You Cannot Acknowledge That Drugs Are Anything But Inherently Evil And Morally Wrong.

It's A Weird Thing To Say, But It Would Appear To Me Axiomatic That If You Understood Fully What I Was Doing And Appreciated It, You Would Like It.

I've Begun To Believe More And More That Movies Are All About Transitions, That The Key To Making Good Movies Is To Pay Attention To The Transition Between Scenes. And Not Just How You Get From One Scene To The Next, But Where You Leave A Scene And Where You Come Into A New Scene. Those Are Some Of The Most Important Decisions That You Make. It Can Be The Difference Between A Movie That Works And A Movie That Doesn't.

I Think Often People Fall Into The Breadth Trap Of Wanting To Do Too Long A Period Of Time, And Obviously There's This Sort Of Algorithm Of How Much Depth You Can Put Into Something Times How Much Of Their Life You're Trying To Show. My Attitude Has Always Been, I'd Rather Show A Briefer Period Of Time In More Detail Than A Longer Period Of Time In Less Detail.

I Never Leave The Writer Behind, Because You Rewrite The Movie In Post, Or At Least I Do. I Always Do, And I Feel Like Anybody Who Doesn't At Least Explore That Possibility Is Short-changing Themselves. Editing Is The Most Fun And Most Exciting Part Of The Process.