They're such hierarchical things, film sets, they're sort of mini societies. Often they're incredibly political places.
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Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen.
I think if you look at the themes that are presented in the film, some are inherently social, and I think that any film which deals with the family is dealing with the smallest social unit in our society - and in a sense it is a question of scope.
Whether it's a popcorn movie or some really intellectual sociopolitical movie, I think to some degree they're all influenced by the social climate that we're living in.
The definition of political cinema is one I don't agree with, because every film, every show, is typically political in nature. Political cinema is simply the brainchild of bad journalists.
Cinema explains American society. It's like a Western, with good guys and bad guys, where the weak don't have a place.
Every film is a political act; it's how you see the world.
I think that my films are basically family stories, beyond the fact that they are global and have political and social commentary.
In India, film sets are like a family atmosphere.
I'm particularly drawn to actors in their own little drama. I find it's that area I'm very alive to. And I don't encounter it that often. You have to be far from civilization, you have to be far from New York or London to find people who do that.
I'm fascinated by the emergence of a global class. They're highly mobile; they reject the idea of place.