When I'm making documentaries, I think a lot about how fiction films play. I want them to have the pacing, the twists and the character development of fiction films.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm not one of those people who sees documentaries as a stepping stone to doing fiction. I love documentaries and watch tons of documentaries. But, I like fiction films a lot, too.
I love making fiction films as well as nonfiction ones, and hope to keep challenging myself to make better and better work.
I've always been a fiction filmmaker and I've been heading in the direction of fiction filmmaking, doing documentaries along the way.
Most of my films have been documentaries, but I'm also very interested in narrative filmmaking.
Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction.
A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.
The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic.
I feel like we're going to see a lot more movies that mix documentary style with fiction, more along the lines of 'District 9.'
I love documentaries. My problem is when the filmmaker becomes the star.
Even a fiction film is hard to end. You can going on shooting and editing a documentary forever.