It's good that they've seen it, but how can I be satisfied after working for two years making a film which I hope will make a difference, when the government sees the film and does nothing about it?
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If people take the film and screen it whenever possible for their social and professional networks, we can continue to make a difference. It is one more element we have to use in the ongoing effort to take back our country.
It's not a great feeling for a film to suffer financially, but you can't sit and mope about it. You just have to just move on to next project - I try to always be working on a new project when my last one hits the theaters.
Once the film is out and a lot of people are seeing it, it becomes almost owned by the cinemagoers of the world.
You know how it is, somebody will see your work and like it and remember it, then decide to make it a role in their film.
There's a strange sense of accomplishment in making an independent film. Everything's against you; there's no time, and even less money - you bring a bottle of glue, chip in twenty bucks, and hope you all make it through the day. If you manage to finish it and it actually turns out to be pretty good, it's thrilling.
I kind of always think my work is unfilmable, and when I meet people who are interested in filming it, I'm always stunned.
I guess, you make a big studio film, you spend a lot of money on it and you hope people go see it. It's really risky.
When you work so hard on making a film, it's all worthwhile when you get to experience seeing that film with an audience who thoroughly enjoy it and react to the movie.
If a film is not a success, then that's just the way things are. Nothing I can do can make a difference. I have stopped worrying about it.
When you work on a movie, you just have no idea how it's going to come out; you hope it's good, but you don't really know, and you don't see it until about six or nine months afterward, and I saw it and was pretty pleased.