The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
'The Lunchbox' is the kind of cinema that is true to its word and not cluttered or corrupted by some of the mainstream pre-requisites. I love the way I make movies, but there are certain stories that need to be told in a certain way, and 'The Lunchbox' is that movie, and I'm so proud to present this movie.
Lunch is formal - that's when my husband and I have our dates. And dinner is formal: we sit down every day with the kids at seven o' clock.
Mainstream cinema raises questions only to immediately provide an answer to them, so they can send the spectator home reassured. If we actually had those answers, then society would appear very different from what it is.
I work in the film business, where schmoozing is an art form, lunch hour lasts from 12:30 until 3, and every meeting takes an hour whether there's an hour's worth of business or not.
In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.
When the movie starts playing on TV and DVD, that's when you really see what the movie is.
In film, movies' schedules are based on three things: actors' availabilities, when are sets being built, when you can rent the place you're going to film in.
Lunch is the best time of day to eat in Paris. Then you get to go walk it off afterwards.
So one of the most unique things on screen in American movies today is everyday behavior.
When you do a film, you get picked up in a car, lunch is free. Theatre is really hard, and you get absolutely no money.