The spaghetti Western genre is definitely one of favorites.
I think a good movie is a good movie whether that falls into a genre or not.
Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business.
Kurosawa is my hero, and I've taught courses on his films, and I love what he does, and 'Rashomon' is, I think, his second greatest film after 'Ikiru.'
And when you look at the Turtle's movie there is something there, definitely something there.
But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore.
I will watch a movie that is quote unquote dark and not get the qualification of what is dark and what is not.
I think noir is an immensely powerful - and elastic - lens through which to look at narrative and character. It seems to access something dark and true in us that other modes of fiction are often a bit prissy about touching. But the key to making it work as time and culture moves on is to use the elasticity, not just the power.
'Deer Hunter' is a movie; it is not an attempt to write history.
I would love to do some kind of mystery movie, or an action flick, something with that combination.
The Western genre is certainly something with which I'm familiar.
Every film has an origin. It is made under certain circumstances, and that is a very important point that should be kept in mind during a review.
There is a sense that animated movies are suddenly a genre. I just don't believe they are; it's a technique to tell a story.
