I think one of the most important American films is 'Jackie Brown,' which is such a humble depiction of humble characters but so powerful. The film was pure depiction of the American poverty of the '90s.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As an actress for most of my life, I am profoundly familiar with poverty.
There's people saying that 'Jackie Brown' was a blaxploitation movie, when there's nothing at all blaxploitation about it other than Pam Grier being in it.
Unfortunately, many talented people in Hollywood find their values and politics do not reflect the content they create, and many movie themes are in direct contrast with over half of today's American families.
The American story is a story of great moments and dreadful moments.
I just want to make sure I'm contributing good films to movie history rather than being famous just to be famous.
Well, I'm proud to say American Pie was the kind of crazy, gross-out film that guys thought was the greatest.
Undeniably the American art form, too. And yet more and more, we see films made that diminish the American experience and example. And sometimes trash it completely.
When the producers of 'Why Poverty?' came to me to do a film about poverty in the United States, I asked if I could do a film about wealth instead. I tend to make films about perpetrators, rather than victims.
European films were what it was about for me - the sensations I needed, the depth, the storytelling, the characters, the directors, and the freedom that you can't really find in American films.
I think that most of the best movies made in America in the 20th century were crime dramas, screwball comedies and westerns.