When Reality Is A Prison,

One Of The Things I Think Is Important About 'watchmen' Is That It Have Resonance Within Cinematic Pop Culture As Well As Superhero Culture.

In The Sense That Watchmen References Movies, Comic Books, Pop Culture In General. It Knows It's A Movie. I Really Do Like Movies That Ride That Fine Line, The Razor's Edge Between Parody And Supporting The Fake Movie Part Of The Movie.

You Know, It's A Hugely Difficult Thing To Take Any Work Of Art Or Drawing And Say 'make That Real.'

Once You Land On Who You Think The Character Is And What His Conflicts Are, You Have To Let That Lead You. You Have To Throw All That Other Stuff Away And Not Be Worried About This Epic Responsibility, Or It Will Just Crush And Paralyze You.

I've Ended Up As A Filmmaker Who Really Loves The Movie Part Of Movies. That Time In My Life Was A Big Influence On The Kind Of Movies That I Ended Up Making. I Always Think I'm Going To Make A Movie That's Gritty And Real, But Then I Make A Movie That's Like An Opera. I Fight It At First And Then That's Just The Way It Is.