Saudi Arabia [is] the epicenter of terrorism financing.
Usually with things, you go where you can find the financing to do it.
I don't think of the 'indie film world' as this cohesive kind of world anyhow. It's so disparate: all these different filmmakers seeking financing from many different sources to make different kinds of movies. It's hard to pinpoint a trend, really.
How can you compare 'Hollywood Shuffle,' financed through the director's credit cards, and 'Apocalypse Now?' You have to take into consideration the conditions under which it was made.
The studios don't finance anymore, they get outside funds.
It often takes a couple of years to get a script right and then takes a couple of years to get financing together.
As a director, you've got to have quite a few projects going because you never know which one will actually come together with the financing and get the green light.
When we look at the credit growth, we should look at it in its totality. Let us not only look at the non-food bank credit growth but also look at the growth across all the instruments of financing.
