As a kid, my dad would take me to see indie films when I would visit him in New York. Films that I just wouldn't see growing up in the Bay Area.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Every Friday, my dad would rent three videos. Me and my brother would ask for something with guns or fighting, but my dad would say, 'Come on, think about it.' He'd choose more involving films like 'Pulp Fiction,' and at the end of the night, we'd agree that they were great.
My parents were huge fans of westerns, European cinema, and horror in particular. They wouldn't just show me kids' films.
I'd always loved movies. I watch them all the time; my dad is a huge movie buff.
I'd love to do a movie where I actually get to be kind of quirky and odd and dorky and all that stuff. My parents would like to see some movies where I'm not in peril. They'd appreciate it.
What I think is remarkable about my mum and dad is they had no interest in films, really. None.
I think the obvious answer is I was raised in New York City, so growing up, not only myself but my family, like my father, we would watch a lot of Scorsese films.
I wanted to make a film about my dad, a sort of love letter, and explain what I understood of his cinema, which was so utopian. I also wanted to give the sense of his cinema, because they have never been very big box-office, but they were very influential.
My dad was a low budget film director. I grew up as a kid making movies, based on the love of seeing what my dad was doing.
Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father would be the initiator - he'd have me put on a jacket to see a film.
When I was a young kid, my father was a big fan of Hollywood movies. He would make me watch movies with him, and he would explain the story and characters to me.