It's a very good thing for students also to be exposed to people who aren't film students or film scholars but who work in the world of film.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students an idea of what's happening.
The public scrutiny element they don't teach you in film school. So few people are ever subjected to it.
Film, therefore, is part of society, not distant from it, easy to experience for people regardless of class.
When I talk to film students, I always say, 'Buy the DVDs and listen to the commentaries, look at the making of, look at the behind-the-scenes,' because that's such a great learning tool.
Well, the wonderful thing about making movies, oddly enough, is that they're sort of highly motivated graduate studies in one or another field.
More people are exposed to movies than to most other forms of art.
Our films tremendously influence people. But at the same time, no one goes to the cinema to listen to lectures, so if you have an interesting story, and if you can showcase it as a film, and its messages are good, then it's like an icing on the cake: it shall be a superhit. And if I get those kind of films, I'll definitely want to work on it.
I'm a believer in film school.
Well, I think that a lot of times when you're working on a film, there aren't really opportunities to get to know all the people you have to work with.
I've always had the perspective that roles come into my life when I need them most and sort of teach me lessons. The same can be true of films, films are released into society to aid in a lesson, inspire people, comfort people.
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