I Think Cynicism Lasts. Sentimentality Ages, Dates

I Want Studios To Be Financing Director-driven, Auteurist Cinema, As They Did In The '70s. I Think It's Starting To Happen Now. Plus, Because Of How Our World Has Changed Politically, I Think Audiences Are Demanding More Realism. We Need To Have More Stuff In Our Culture About What Is Really Going On Right Now.

As The Years Go By And I Make More Films, I Am Increasingly Interested In Capturing Place As A Vivid Backdrop For My Films.

Were "a Clockwork Orange" Or "blue Velvet" Released Today, Would They Have The Same Power To Shock That They Had When They Came Out? Are We Too Inured By That Torrent Of Images And The Ridiculousness Of Modern Political Life, So That Nothing Shocks Us Anymore? What Does It Take To Shock Someone Today - Or At Least Jolt Them? I Don't Have An Answer. I'm Just Asking The Question.

In A General Sense, To Convert Any Short Story, Novel, Play, Or Opera Into A Movie, You Have To Re-rig It. Even Though They're All Narratives Over Time, They're Very Different Forms.

I Think That Peter Jennings Is The Only Decent One Of The Big Three.