Things Own You. That's The Trouble With

Compassion Is A Two Way Street.

Film Is Universal. All The Countries Of The World Are Making Films. Hollywood Is The Only Major Unsubsidized Center For Films. To My Knowledge All Others Are At Least Partially Subsidized. I'm Glad Hollywood Isn't.

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.

If The Audience Gets Everything, If They See The Photography And Notice That It Is Good, Then The Story Goes Out The Window, But If You Become Involved With The Lives Of The Actors And Forget That You Are Seeing Mechanical Devices On A Huge Screen - Forget The Make-believe - This Is The Job Of The Director To Involve The Audience With The Actors.

When You Get To Political Machines That Can Control A State, Then You're Really Into Organized Crime - Almost. You're Fighting A Political Mafia.