And shooting things in a documentary style was a good way to create tension and energy without money.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you acknowledge that filming is an occasion where people express things they might not otherwise express, that offers a much more insightful analysis of why documentaries - even of the fly-on-the-wall variety - are powerful.
I feel like a lot of funders of documentaries today want to fund films that have a social message that is going to yield results.
Documentaries make a difference.
Alfred Hitchcock had to find ways to create tension without showing it, but now with computer-generated effects you can show anything.
I think the greatest thing about making a documentary is your ability to just follow the story and the subject.
There is no way I could have ever dared to make a documentary, much less have the money to make a documentary, if it was on 16mm. But, with the magic of digital.
I always believed that you can make challenging films, but they should be fiscally responsible.
So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends.
The tensions are always based on financial resources. Something like film is very problematic because it is viewed as an art form and also as an industry with a pure commercial base.
I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the money.