I've Never Let Producers Tell Me What

To Me, It's Far More Efficient To Mobilize The Imagination. It's Far More Efficient To Hear A Creaking Step, For Example, Than To See The Face Of A Monster, Which Usually Looks Ridiculous, And Where You Know That The Blood Is Ketchup.

Films That Are Entertainments Give Simple Answers But I Think That's Ultimately More Cynical, As It Denies The Viewer Room To Think. If There Are More Answers At The End, Then Surely It Is A Richer Experience.

I Want To Make It Clear: It's Not That I Hate Mainstream Cinema. It's Perfectly Fine. There Are A Lot Of People Who Need To Escape, Because They Are In Very Difficult Situations, So They Have The Right To Escape From The World. But This Has Nothing To Do With An Art Form.

I Want To Be Able To Control Things And That's Very Difficult To Do If You're Not 100% In A Particular Language. It Makes You Uncertain And It Makes You Nervous.

You Become A Film Critic Because You're Interested In Film. I Don't Know Whether Knowing So Much About Cinema Leads You To Make Better Films, But It Certainly Can't Hurt.