I Wasn't Searching For A Common Denominator

I Never Intended To Write Poems, Nor To Be A Photographer, Nor To Be A Film-maker. I Just Took Many, Many Pictures And I Would Put Them In An Album, And Then Some Years Later I Decided To Show Them And Suddenly I Was Called A Photographer. Same Thing With My Poetry. They're Notes That I'd Written In A Book And It May Be Considered Poetry.

It Is A Very Important Film, Life And Nothing More, In That What Was Filmed Was Inspired By A Journey I Had Made Just Three Days After An Earthquake. And I Speak Not Only Of The Film Itself But Also Of The Experience Of Being In That Place, Where Only Three Days Before 50,000 People Had Died.

I Think It Was [jean-luc] Godard Who Said That Life Is Nothing But A Bad Copy Of Film, But Then Our Ambition Must Be To Make Better Films And Better Shapes Of Forms That Are Given In Life.

Despite The Great Advantages Of Digital Video And The Great Ease Of Using The Medium, Still Those Who Use It Have First To Understand The Sensitivities Of How To Best Use The Medium.

A Digital Camera Does Have Many Advantages And I Was A Believer That Digital Video Would Be A Big Influence On Film-making.