If You Look At Everything Straight On,

If You Look At Everything Straight On, There Is Nothing To Be Afraid Of.

I Like Silent Pictures And I Always Have ... I Wanted To Restore Some Of This Beauty. I Thought Of It, I Remember In This Way: One Of Techniques Of Modern Art Is Simplification, And That I Must Therefore Simplify This Film.

The Films An Audience Really Enjoys Are The Ones That Were Enjoyable In The Making. Yet Pleasure In The Work Can’t Be Achieved Unless You Know You Have Put All Of Your Strength Into It And Have Done Your Best To Make It Come Alive. A Film Made In This Spirit Reveals The Hearts Of The Crew.

With A Good Script A Good Director Can Produce A Masterpiece; With The Same Script A Mediocre Director Can Make A Passable Film. But With A Bad Script Even A Good Director Can’t Possibly Make A Good Film. For Truly Cinematic Expression, The Camera And The Microphone Must Be Able To Cross Both Fire And Water. That Is What Makes A Real Movie. The Script Must Be Something That Has The Power To Do This.

Take Me, Subtract Movies, And You Get Zero.