I got to learn from the American audience. Hearing what it is they're not getting. These are audiences, 35 to 40, an older demographic that controls seven to 10 trillion dollars. And the producers and distributors have convinced themselves this group doesn't go to the movies.
From Peter Riegert
In 2000, I realized I had reached that certain age when the parts get scarcer. So I decided to try my hand at directing.
I adapted an O. Henry short story called 'By Courier,' which got nominated for a Best Short Subject Oscar.
I've learned there is a void in adult stories across the land. Hollywood, whatever that is anymore, is losing their ability to tell those stories because they're not even thinking of that audience.
Setting a movie in an earlier age gives it a mythical quality.
In 1962, the smallest things were upsetting to authority. It wasn't the Civil Rights Movement. It wasn't the Anti-war Movement. It was something else, but it was a harbinger of what was to come.
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