I've always tried to make movies that pull the audience out of their seats... I want audiences to be transported.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As a filmmaker, I believe in trying to make movies that invite the audience to be part of the film; in other words, there are some films where I'm just a spectator and am simply observing from the front seat. What I try to do is draw the audience into the film and have them participate in what's happening onscreen.
The industry has to have the audience in order to make these films. So it's a serious thing - how do you get people to leave their houses and go to the theater?
You think about taking audiences on a journey.
I make movies that audiences like, that I'd want to see. That's all.
You have to make films you feel strongly about. And then hope you can find the audience.
I try to work on a film that my audiences would appreciate and enjoy their time in a theatre.
I actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies.
I don't want people to sit there and objectively watch the film. I want them to experience it as something that's under their skin, so you try to make the films really tactile.
Every time I go to the theater, there's something about the atmosphere, seeing something unfold live in front of an audience, that you can't get out of your system.
We want to make movies for the big screen. We want people to go to the theater and feel like they're watching a movie.