One of the things I don't like about film is its incredible immersive quality. It's kind of bullying - it's very big, it's very flashy, it's got a lot of weight and it throws it around almost to the detriment of the rest of our culture.
I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else.
Film, television and to a certain extent, theater are modern day libraries.
Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger.
Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music.
I'm not the greatest reader. I feel like I have a bit of dyslexia or something, and that's probably why I became a filmmaker. I have the need to communicate, the need to tell stories; and the need to understand stories led me to movies.
There is a broad cultural current that conveys the idea that a film is like a football team, it represents a nation, it is illustrated literature, filmed radio. These are outdated concepts, totally out of touch with today's realities.
Play is a medium of word and film is a medium of picture.
There is no way I could have ever dared to make a documentary, much less have the money to make a documentary, if it was on 16mm. But, with the magic of digital.
I really enjoy watching TV; it offers an amazing window, and its an incredible way of presenting history to young people in particular.
Dance fascinates me, and it is perhaps the most enriching audio-visual realm for a musician. Film-making also fascinates me.
Video gives people a voice.
