Film Is Fragmented And Gets

Sometimes You Make Very Interesting Movies That Aren't Meant For Everybody. But This Is A Capitalist Society, So Everything Conspires To Put Value On Whether It Sells Or Not.

I Like To Work With People Of Different Cultures, Different Points Of View. But Yeah, I Feel Much More Comfortable. That's The Problem I Sometimes Have With Going To Hollywood. I Feel Like They Don't Share The Same Values As I Do. They Aren't Interested In The Same Things. It's Not Always True, But Sometimes, I Feel It Deeply, Because As An Industry, They Celebrate Things That I'm Less Interested In, And It's All About The Business.

Mounting Those Red Stairs [in Cannes] Is Something I've Done With A Very Different Intention Many Times. So It's Interesting Any Time You Witness Those Shifts Of Perspective. The Beach Scenes Were Also Fun. It Felt Very Strange And Very Theatrical To Kind Of Commandeer It And Have La Mer Booming Over The Speakers.

It Makes Me Laugh When I Hear A Guy Talking About Being In Touch With His Feminine Side. But I Gravitate Towards Women, I Identify With Them. And I Do Cry Very Easily, More And More As I Get Older.

While We Have A Very Strong Popular Culture, The Roots Of American Culture Are Very Shallow, And We Put Emphasis On How A Movie Does As Far As The Box Office Goes. Many Years Ago, It Would Have Been Vulgar To Print Box - Office Grosses In The Paper. Now The New York Times Does It, And It's The Big Story For People Interested In Arts And Entertainment On Monday. Which Is Why Emphasis Has Shifted Away From Filmmakers And Fallen On Movie Stars And Business People.