Many Times When You Make A Movie,

I See A Movie As A Way Of Learning About The World, About Myself, And Learning About My Relationship With People And Art.

Making This Movie As A Period Piece About A Period That Was Very Recent In People's Minds. I Was In Taiwan [during The 1970s], So I Hope I Did All Right. Otherwise, It Could Be The Biggest Embarrassment Of My Life. Also, The Story Is Not Linear, It's Patchy, Like A Cubist Painting, And There Is Always The Possibility It Will Not Hold Together, It Will Fall Apart. The Tone Is Part Satire, Part Serious Drama, Part Tragedy, All Mixed Together, And It Has To Hit An Emotional Core. That's Also Very Scary.

There's Only One Movie In My Career I've Had Regrets With Cutting It Shorter, And I Think Some Scenes Maybe I Shouldn't Have Cut.

For A Filmmaker, It's A Rare Chance To Do A Personal Film On A Big Canvas.

I Think The American West Really Attracts Me Because It's Romantic. The Desert, The Empty Space, The Drama.