Film-making was not at all what I had expected.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of.
When you see a finished film, it's very rare that it exceeds your expectations.
It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised.
I don't know what to expect out of my films. My first two films were with extremely talented directors, and they didn't work. And my next two films were with newcomers, and they worked well. So I've stopped expecting anything from my movies.
When you make a film like this, you must have the highest expectations of your audience. Having worked in situations where we have the lowest expectations of our audience.
Just making a movie the way 'All is Lost' had to be made was a great experience, because it was structured differently than any other film I will make for the rest of my life.
I thought if I was lucky it would be a nice, modest-sized, modest-budgeted film that would be a modest success. And then something happened.
When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film.
Fortunately or not, expectations are always high for all my films.
I never made a film which fully satisfied me.
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