I would probably, in my 60s, be ready to start having kids, as long as I was spared all the stuff about it that doesn't appeal to me. By then, I'd have lost interest in practically everything, so there'd be no opportunity cost involved.
From Geoff Dyer
My evangelical phase about Burning Man is well and truly in the past.
What I don't like is constructing a book that fits in with any kind of generic template, whether it's fiction or nonfiction.
We still go to nonfiction for content. And if it's well-written, that's a bonus. But we don't often talk about the nonfiction work of art. That's what I'm very interested in.
I've seen 'Stalker' more times than any film except 'The Great Escape.'
Physical violence is always a bore in films today. We don't see how much it hurts. We don't learn the true consequences of it.
The CGI landscape is another world. It has its own physical laws; it can defy gravity. But surely the wonder of cinematic space is that it is wedded to reality?
Making the ordinary potentially magical is what film should be all about.
The ritual of film-going in some sense replaced that of churchgoing, because you share something communal, sometimes mystical.
Have you ever stayed at the Four Seasons Hotel in Mumbai? I'd warmly recommend it. It's super luxurious, and right next door, there's a classic slum. So you can do a quick slum tour and get back to your sanctuary without any inconvenience but with some excellent snaps.
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