When Most People Turn On

When Most People Turn On Their Tvs, They Don't Expect A Frank Discussion Of Philosophical Ideas In Their Practical Context. Or Any Context.

It's A Closing Of The Mind That Happens When You Want To Be Lazy And Go With The Easiest Answers, Like The Media Do All The Time In Their Sound Bytes.

Christianity Has Been Responsible For Plenty Of Horror And Death In The World, All Supposedly In God's Name.

I Make Every Movie And Every Scene Like It Could Be My Last. That's The Only Way I Know How To Make Cinema That Stands On Its Feet. I Have To Treat It Like That. It Has To Be Life And Death Stakes.

I Think What Makes Compelling Fiction Or Cinema Is When You're Basically Taking The Most Intense Moments Of Experience And You're Creating A Song Or A Narrative Out Of It.