I Make Something I Can Look At

Last House Offended A Lot Of People. The Results In The Theaters, Even In Boston, Reminded Me A Bit Of Things From When I Was Studying Theater Of The Absurd, And The Rise And The Appearance Of Ionesco Plays, And Things Like That. Thinking, "my God, People Actually Are Getting Into Fistfights. People Are Having Heart Attacks. People Are Actually Trying To Get Into The Projection Booth To Destroy The Print."

Dad, Girls Don't Fall Down Every Time They Run.

I Wasn't Allowed To See Movies When I Was A Child. It Was Against The Religion I Was Raised In, Fundamentalist Baptist. I Didn't Go Into A Commercial Movie House Until I Was A Senior In College, And That Was On The Sly. It Wasn't Until I Was In Graduate School That I Immersed Myself In Films. Then, I Went To See All The Films By Bergman, Fellini, Etc.

[i Was] Feeling Like I'd Done Something Horrible, "i'm A Despicable Person And I'm Perverse," And All These Things, To A Sense Of The Power And The Necessity, In A Sense, Of Horror Films And Dealing With Dark Material.

I Think The Important Thing About Staying Creative And Staying Sharp And Original Is Not To Look Back Too Much, And To Kind Of Look To Where Your Vision Is Going Now. But I Have Felt Over The Years A Definite Progression Or Arc From Feeling Guilty About What I Had Done With The First One, Because Certainly There Was All That Fundamentalist Guilt That Came Pouring Back In. Feeling Like I'd Done Something Horrible, "i'm A Despicable Person And I'm Perverse," And All These Things, To A Sense Of The Power And The Necessity, In A Sense, Of Horror Films And Dealing With Dark Material.