They're innocent movies, and they're fun movies and there were no pretensions about 'em.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What I don't like are pompous, pretentious movies.
There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I don't think are good for movies. They're trying to appeal to the biggest demographic and, when they do that, you sometimes flatten out.
This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them.
Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.
One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice.
Those movies, Decline I and II and Suburbia, are dearly loved, but they never made any money. I didn't even have the rights for some of them.
Independent films have a certain freedom about them - there isn't so much at stake in terms of money. I think they're more interesting because they're not watered down to appeal to the masses. They tend to have a unique voice.
Movies cater to what the audiences want.
Movies are somewhat diminished by blockbusters, which are great, but there's not enough choice.
Good action films - not crap, but good action films - are really morality plays. They deal in modern, mythic culture.