I'm Not A Hollywood Director. I'm An

My Father Had This Mythological Sense Of The Old New York, And He Used To Tell Me Stories About These Old Gangs, Particularly The Forty Thieves In The Fourth Ward.

For Me, The Key Image Is The Boat Coming Through The Fog At The Beginning. It's Something I Imagined And Liked And I Guess There Are Other References In Other Films I Make - The Similar Type Of Image. But I Think It's Interesting, It's Breaking Through The Mystery, Or Maybe It Stays In The Fog... We Don't Really Know. Where Is He At The Beginning Of The Film, Who Is He?

Death Comes In A Flash, And That's The Truth Of It, The Person's Gone In Less Than 24 Frames Of Film.

It's Interesting That These Themes Of Crime And Political Corruption Are Always Relevant.

I'm Obsessed With New York. I Just Find It So Remarkable. You Really Treasure This City When You Go To Different Countries And You See That There Is No Mix. When You Get Back To The City, It's Such An Exciting Place.