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There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of them we don't.

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Cinema is not about format, and it's not about venue. Cinema is an approach. Cinema is a state of mind on the part of the filmmaker. I've seen commercials that have cinema in them, and I've seen Oscar-winning movies that don't. I'm fine with this.

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The key to making good movies is to pay attention to the transition between scenes.

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It's really easy to make a movie that five people understand. It's really hard to make something that a lot of people understand and yet is not obvious, still has subtlety and ambiguity, and leaves you with something to do as a viewer.

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Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film.

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When things go right it's hard to figure out why, but when things go wrong it's really easy.

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One of the reasons why I think virtual reality, as a narrative format, is never going to go beyond the short-form immersion space is because the bedrock of visual storytelling is the reverse angle. If you can't look into the eyes of the protagonist, you cannot hold people's attention for more than 15 minutes.

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Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.

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Reality shows are all the rage on TV at the moment, but that's not reality, it's just another aesthetic form of fiction.

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A movie that costs only $1.6 million doesn't have to be a cultural event to turn a profit.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: January 14th, 1963

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