I don't know if there aren't any films like 'E.T.' anymore. I just feel that the industry has changed so much. There are so many outlets now.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think 'E.T.' is a quite extraordinary piece of cinema.
It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. There aren't any, they don't exist. In the old days you could go and get a certain amount of the budget with foreign sales, now everybody wants a marketable angle.
'E.T.' was the movie that made me want to make movies in the first place, and it was the first movie that made me focus on writing instead of what happens in the movie.
I don't want to commit to too many films, as it would result in getting out of touch with what is happening in the industry.
In case you don't know this, we're not in the '90s anymore. Indie cinema does not reign.
Entertainment and escapism - those are the bigger money-making films today.
Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.
I think part of the reason ideas haven't come in is that the world of cinema is changing so drastically, and in a weird way, feature films I think have become cheap. Everything is kind of throwaway. It's experienced and then forgotten.
'E.T.' was a healing movie; it was a heart movie. It was all about getting about getting home and love.
I think there are more films being made, but there are probably less outlets for them and distributors.