I've often thought even ragtag gatherings of documentary filmmakers are more fun than gatherings of fiction filmmakers.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
One of the reasons to do documentaries is that. There's more sense of creating something, more sense of my own soul in the documentaries than in movies, because I don't write the movies I do.
Making films is great. You've got 100 people around and you're all dressing up and making weird art-it's a fun group activity.
Film is a collective experience, as you know.
Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction.
The kinds of films that I'm used to doing are independent films. They're very small character-driven pieces, and there isn't as much spectacle involved.
I have my ideas of what a good documentary is, but drama is a different animal because you're arranging everything.
I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.
When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. If I wanted to do that, I'd make documentaries.
I haven't done a lot of studio movies, but studio movies and independent films are always just as fun as each other.