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.
Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger.
Film, television and to a certain extent, theater are modern day libraries.
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 These are outdated concepts, totally out of touch with today's realities.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.
