I think one of the saving illusions of the film business is everything seems like it's about to happen. It's always about to happen. It's only looking back that you see the wasteland.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for years, decades, but more so now than ever.
I have watched people who have nothing to do with the film business, but who have become part of the circle for a short period of time. They can be truly devastated when the film wraps and people leave.
The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
I'm a bit of a pessimist, oh yeah, and I always think the film I'm about to make is going to be a disaster.
There's always gonna be people with a lot of money making film, and the goal is to make profit and carry on. It is a business. The goal is to make a living doing it and to be comfortable.
In the midst of global recession, in the face of uncertainty about what's going to happen next, film looks for inspiration to real people.
I think the movie business is in trouble. It's all movies that you've seen before. Everything's a remake; they want things that are familiar rather than things that surprise you.
At the end of the day, it is about working in a good film. It's the films that you leave behind that matter.
I think sci-fi films have become rather bleak, and understandably so - I think we've made some big mistakes globally with how we're developing, and we deal with that guilt by creating these very dystopian futures in films.
You know, I think the film business is its own worst enemy because it sells movies on DVD footage and 'behind the scenes,' and now it's a real struggle trying to keep storylines and plotlines a secret.