It's hard to see a film one time and really "get it," and write fully and intelligently about it. That's a review. That's not film criticism.
Filmmakers are going to make films, just like painters are going to paint.
It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form.
I'd be fine if there weren't film festivals, and you just made your films and didn't have to do anything from that point on. That would be really great, wouldn't it? I don't know. I'm in kind of an aloof time, where I'm not taking anything too seriously.
I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I may have spent a week in Los Angeles.
I think you get in trouble if you make experimental big studio films.
I think I got really lucky with Slacker. That was a film that probably shouldn't have been seen.
I'd be fine to make movies and have them never come out. But you have to deal with the business side. You can't get too emotionally invested, because again, you've got no control. There's going to be some huge film out that everyone goes to, and it probably won't be mine.
I want to make a film about a factory worker.
