Ira Sachs Quotes
You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
Sachs, Ira. "Guest Post: Ira Sachs." IndieWire, Penske Media Corporation, 2012.
The George W. Bush administration was a very ideological one as opposed to pragmatic. They would not tolerate public officials who would say anything that might undermine an administrative ideological position. In particular, they did not want government scientists releasing any data or information that was not totally consistent with their ideology and program. They introduced a new policy within the government whereby no one could talk to a reporter or make a public speech or deliver a professional paper without first getting approval of administration “public affairs” agents first. Government scientists and other officials had never before been censored like this. Important scientific studies were not made public where they might not support the administration ideological positions. This is how the NASA public affairs official explained his role.
Ira Sachs is an American filmmaker. His first film was the short Lady (1993).
