In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Oftentimes, reality is much worse than what you can put in a movie.
I don't believe in the deplorable notion of realism in the cinema: you can over-reach it, and it becomes as false as convention.
Movies aren't just supposed to be a representation of reality. They're supposed to be an art.
I've kind of come to the conclusion that what passes for realism in movies has nothing to do with reality and that my stuff is more realistic than that.
Despite the impression you may have from watching too much TV, movies are not about reproducing reality. They're about telling stories.
Television and movies have short-circuited reality. I don't think a lot of people are entirely clear on what is real and what is on the screen.
I don't think movies or television have any basis in reality at all. It's all just pretend. That's what's fun about it.
Reality really is theater. There's no other way to describe it. It's all so nonsensical, ridiculous and chaotic.
When you make a film that is based in reality, reality will come up all around it.
I feel too strongly about rearranging reality in a movie. It gives me peace.