Hollywood and film portray who we are as a people and what we value as a culture.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Film is our literature, so we should tell stories that are apropos of our culture, in that we can learn something about ourselves.
American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis.
We live in a youth-obsessed, aesthetically obsessed culture. That is no more evident than in the film industry.
I'd like to think that we strive in film and theatre to tell great stories, and I believe in the power of storytelling in our culture.
We are the movies and the movies are us.
I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets.
The problem in Hollywood is that they try to become the only kind of cinema in the world, okay? The imposition everywhere of a unique culture, which is Hollywood culture, and a unique way of life, which is the American way of life.
We have to make some movies we have passion for, respect for.
The 'low' quality of many American films, and of much American popular culture, induces many art lovers to support cultural protectionism. Few people wish to see the cultural diversity of the world disappear under a wave of American market dominance.
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.