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I'm A Living Example Of Getting Into Films Backwards. Merely By Accident. Exposure To Films And Ideas Is The Best Thing That Colleges Can Do.

Capitalism Is Supposedly Free Enterprise. Supposedly About The Free Individual. But Capitalism Itself Is So Massive That The Guy On The Street Gets Caught In Paying Rent, Taxes, And He Doesn't Own Himself At All.

Making Money, Getting Yourself Status In This World Is Not Everything At All. But It Has Become Everything In America. That You Really Have To Get Going And Keep Up With The Jones'. Get A House And A Car And Other Things. And Pretty Soon You're Stymied. Things Own You.

Film Is One Of The Three Universal Languages, The Other Two: Mathematics And Music.

I Think Of The Medium As A People-to-people Medium, Not Cameraman-to-people, Not Direction-to-people, Not Writers-to-people, But People-to-peopleyou Can Only Involve An Audience With People. You Can't Involve Them With Gimmicks, With Sunsets, With Hand-held Cameras, Zoom Shots, Or Anything Else. They Couldn't Care Less About Those Things. But You Give Them Something To Worry About, Some Person They Can Worry About, And Care About, And You've Got Them, You've Got Them Involved.