It's more interesting because you get to research the history of the period, and all the different aesthetic elements that make a film, particularly this film, so stunning.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always wanted to do a period movie, to do something the turn of the century, and I'm really fascinated by that whole time period.
I've dabbled in period films in my career, and I've enjoyed each one.
It's important that period films aren't seen as just a lovely visual exercise.
The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.
Everyone relates differently to contemporary stuff. They rely on you to do the research for a period film.
Being closer to the genesis of this whole period, it captured the importance of the concept of making contact and accurately depicted the paranoia of the time. It's an excellent film.
I've always thought photography was a bit of an adventure, so to come home with the film, develop it, then look at the results has more of a sense of excitement.
The research period of a film is the most exciting part of the process, and filming is sometimes a letdown because when you're dealing with biopic material, the real thing is always much more intricate than the story told in the film.
I think a lot of the most interesting work in art and in films are often kind of polarized opinions and affect people in very different ways, which may be less successful commercially, but they elicit a dialogue that's quite interesting.
I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.