Adaptations are fun for me because they connect to the idea of filmmaking I had when I was a kid. I would see a movie and think: 'I'm gonna make that movie.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The best adaptations are the ones that really excavate the material. The movies that work are the ones in which somebody very smart figured out how to take all the thematic material, all the character material, all the filigree, all the beautiful writing and put it into a story.
I think as a filmmaker my first contribution would just be to make a good movie that people would love to see and leave the theatre charged, with a sense of excitement.
I make movies that audiences like, that I'd want to see. That's all.
I strive to make movies I would enjoy.
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'm not coming from film school. I learned cinema in the cinema watching films, so you always have a curiosity. I say, 'Well, what if I make a film in this genre? What if I make this film like this?'
I wanted to do different movies. I wanted to do deeper movies. More human movies based on human feelings.
I want to make good, fun films, not necessarily experimental ones.
Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations.
Most adaptations of plays I hate, because they don't envision something as cinema at all, you know?