We Shouldn't Be Chasing Other Movies, But

I've Always Been A Movie Guy, Movies Have Been My Thing. I Love Movies, All Kinds Of Movies.

Say You Have A Headline Like "mountain Bike Stolen," And Then You Read The Story, Read Another Story About It The Next Day, And Then The Next Week, And Then The Next Year. News Is A Process Of Expansion, The Filling In Of Detail, And Making Narrative Connections - Not Based On Chronology, But Based On Features Of The Story. There Are Narrative Connections Made Between Props, Between Characters, Between Situations, And So Forth.

I've Done Really Well So Far In My Career By Trusting The Audience To Be As Dissatisfied With Convention As I Am, As A Film-goer. You Want To Go See A Film That Surprises You In Some Way.

Well, You Always Discover A Lot In The Editing Room. Particularly The Action, Because You Have To Over-shoot A Lot And Shoot An Enormous Amount Of Material Because Many Of The Sequences Have To Be Discovered In The Editing And Manipulation Of It.

The Most Stressful And Difficult Part Of Steering A Large Movie Is That You Are Taking On The Responsibility Of Communicating With A Very Wide Audience. You Can't Ever Hide Behind The Notion Of, 'okay, They Just Don't Get It,' Or, 'certain People Just Don't Get It.' You Have To Be Mindful Of The Size Of Your Audience, And You Have To Communicate In A Way That Lets Them In.