You can make films in a lot of countries, but they don't have very wide releases.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I want to make films that cater to the world audiences.
I think there are more films being made, but there are probably less outlets for them and distributors.
I find the stuff that is exciting to me are the films coming out of Taiwan and Iran and France. So I have the feeling I'm not making the films that American distributors want to make.
But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood.
I want to make movies about my country from my point of view.
In America, they shoot budgets and schedules, and they don't shoot films any more. There's more opportunity in Europe to make films that at least have a purity of intent.
It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. There aren't any, they don't exist. In the old days you could go and get a certain amount of the budget with foreign sales, now everybody wants a marketable angle.
I guess in Australia every film is sort of an indie film because there are no studios.
When you want to make a film abroad, you need producers and people who support you. You need a team that speaks your language.
Movies are becoming more global, which is making them less intimate. If you make a movie for the world, you don't make it for any country.