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I Just Did A Dramatic Love Story. Whether It's A Cultural Phenomenon Is Not For Me To Say.

When Something Possesses Me, I Go Ahead And Do It.

I Think The American West Really Attracts Me Because It's Romantic. The Desert, The Empty Space, The Drama.

My First Instinct Was To Cast As Close To The Short Story As Possible, But Then I Realized That I Needed Actors Who Could Go For It And That They Had To Function Well As A Couple In A Love Story.

I Wanted To Shoot Straight, Mainstream, Somehow Off-beat. Not Only Realistic West, Which Is Quite Unfamiliar To The World's Population - Even To A Lot Of Americans.