When I talk to film students, I always say, 'Buy the DVDs and listen to the commentaries, look at the making of, look at the behind-the-scenes,' because that's such a great learning tool.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Going to film school taught me how much I already knew, and that the best way to learn about film is being on the set with professionals.
I learn so much from watching films like that with commentary and then when you get to hear another filmmaker talk about their films it's a really great experience.
I always try and learn as much as I can from different departments on a film set.
It's a very good thing for students also to be exposed to people who aren't film students or film scholars but who work in the world of film.
I think everything that you do, you're learning. I mean, every movie that you make is like a film school; that's one of the things that I enjoy about filmmaking.
I like to make films where I learn along the way, like the audience.
The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students an idea of what's happening.
As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what you are doing, change it.
I always start a film thinking I know how to do it, then I learn all over again.
All the lessons you learn in film school from the people you hate are always the ones that are important. The lessons you think are great and thankful for never end up meaning anything to you.
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