I think people who make movies and have invested a lot of money in them get frightened that if they challenge an audience they are going to repel them. And I think the opposite; it's really true.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If a star or studio chief or any other great movie personages find themselves sitting among a lot of nobodies, they get frightened - as if somebody was trying to demote them.
I think people like to be scared. I think people like tension and suspense in a movie.
Audiences aren't fools - their judgement really is important. And the true heroes of films are the investors. They take the risk, after all.
I don't feel that fear is a good incentive on a film set.
The filmmaking process is a very personal one to me, I mean it really is a personal kind of communication. It's not as though its a study of fear or any of that stuff.
Generally, with films, what tends to happen is that a few people get a lot of momentum out of it, and a lot of people don't.
Very, very rare that you do a job knowing that the audience is desperate for you to do that job. Most films you make don't get released, is the fact.
I think people in Hollywood are afraid of sentiment because they think audiences will reject it.
Fear is a problem with film music and films; people want to be conventional, and there's more commercialism today. If you are not daring in your art, you're bankrupt.
People don't step outside themselves and make the film they want to make, because they're afraid of the reaction. But once you get that reaction and have lived through it, there's nothing they can do to get you down.
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