What Is Filmmaking But Groping In The

As The Years Go By And I Make More Films, I Am Increasingly Interested In Capturing Place As A Vivid Backdrop For My Films.

In The Moment Of Making Films, I Want To Share My Observations Of Life, Not Of Other Films.

I Read Reviews Of Critics I Respect And Feel I Can Learn Something From. Right Now There Are A Lot Of Bottom-feeder Critics Who Just Have Access To A Computer And Don't Necessarily Have An Academic Or Cinema Background That I Can Detect, So I Tend To Ignore That And Stay With The Same Top-tier Critics That I've Come To Respect. I Like Reading A Good Review - It Doesn't Have To Be Favorable, But A Well-thought-out One - Because I Very Much Appreciate The Relationship Of Directors And Critics.

Just Because I Make Films Doesn't Mean I Think They're Great. I Just Make Them And Then When I'm Done With Them I'm Just A Filmgoer Like I Always Am. They're All Lessons. I'm Still In Film School, Honestly. And This One Is Just A Dry Run For Whatever The Next One Is.

That's How I Like To Do It With Actors, Have Them Really Go For It And I'll Tell Them When It's Too Much. It's Always Easier To Bring It Back Then To Push It Further.