The Best Cinema Is About Ethics.

What Is Filmmaking But Groping In The Dark?

When You're A Houseguest And You Leave, It's Nice To Straighten Something Up Or Send Your Hosts A Useful Gift. And When You Leave The Planet, It's Nice To Have Made A Positive Contribution.

The Actors Are The Greatest Executors Of Tone In A Film. They're The Most Important Cinematic Component.

I Still Have Energy And Some Degree Of Youth, Which Is What A Filmmaker Needs.

All Three Parts Of Filmmaking [writing, Shooting, Editing] Contribute To Rhytm. You Want The Script To Be A Tight As Possible, You Want The Acting To Be As Efficient As Possible On The Set, And You Have Enough Coverage To Manipulate The Rhythm In The Editing Room, And Then In The Editing Room You Want To Find The Quickest Possible Version, Even If It's A Leisurely Paced Film. I Definitely In Filmmaking More And More Find Writing And Directing A Means To Harvest Material For Editing. It's All About Editing.