War To Me Is The

I Have A Feeling That Demonstrations Don't Accomplish Anything. That They Become Fads. I Also Feel That Demonstrations Wouldn't Go On Unless There Is A Tv Camera. That Part Of It All Is Performance For The Media. I Didn't Know Whether They Are Completely Honest.

There Are No Rules In Filmmaking. Only Sins. And The Cardinal Sin Is Dullness.

Man's Greatest Advances Are Weapon Advances. Culture Follows From Weaponry, We Are Militant Like The Animals And Birds - Defending Our Homes. No Matter How Far Back You Go In History, Along With The Struggle For Existence, Along With The Survival Necessities - Kill Or Be Killed, Eat Or Be Eaten - There Is A Hunger For Something Spiritual. He Invents God, Prayers, Incantations To Something Above Him. Why? This Is Not Brought Out - This Is Not Weapon Culture.

I Was The Enemy Of The Major Studio. I Believed In One Man - One Film. I Believed One Man Should Make The Film. And I Believed The Director Should Be That One Man. One Man Should Do It - I Didn't Give A Damn Who. I Just Couldn't Accept Art As A Committee. I Could Only Accept Art As An Extension Of An Individual.

Film Is A Disease. When It Infects Your Bloodstream, It Takes Over As The Number One Hormone; It Bosses The Enzymes; Directs The Pineal Gland; Plays Iago To Your Psyche. As With Heroin, The Antidote To Film Is More Film.