For my own films, I would like to see 'Bullet in the Head' remastered. The original cut was actually almost three hours.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film.
In the past I've worked with directors who saw very much their scene in their head and knew exactly how they were going to cut it.
I just don't want to make the same old movies. I'm not interested in it. Directing's hard. It takes up a lot of your life, and I'm not that interested in making the same old film.
I'd like to make a movie pretty soon, so I could get a rest.
The thing I realized about final cut is it's the power of the best cut. I didn't have final cut on 'Prisoners,' but what you saw is the best cut. 'Sicario' is a directors' cut. 'Arrival' is a directors' cut.
I directed some movies in the past, and I'd still love to do that. You know, the whole thing is a labor of love, I think.
I really enjoy the consolation when I'm having to cut loose stuff I love, of saying 'Well, at least it will make it onto DVD.' There's a couple of scenes which I liked very much, but couldn't fit them into the film that are on there.
You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is fascinating, you can't take your eyes away from it... Look at some of the long takes in Citizen Kane.
It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.
Nothing is cut while I'm shooting. I edit between nine months and a year, and usually have around 80 hours of footage I have to get down to an 82-minute movie.