The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical novel, like a confession, or a diary.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The film of tomorrow will be an act of love.
It is so common to write autobiographical fiction in which your own experience is thinly disguised.
All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on.
The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure.
I never see a novel as a film while I'm writing it. Mostly because novels and films are so different, and I'm such an internal novelist.
Autobiographical fiction is very tricky.
After I wrote my memoir, 'A Long Way Gone,' I was a bit exhausted. I didn't want to write another memoir; I felt that it might not be sane for one to speak about himself for many, many, many years in a row. At the same time, I felt the story of 'Radiance of Tomorrow' pulling at me because of the first book.
I would never make a purely autobiographical movie, because it would be incredibly boring. But I always bring something. It's usually some emotional truth I've experienced, like in 'Get Him to the Greek,' the relationship between Jonah Hill and Elisabeth Moss, I had certainly had that kind of relationship with a girlfriend.
The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly.
I categorically resist this idea that films are supposed to be autobiographical and the only stories you tell are about your own life.