The fun part about doing our movies is that you're creating something using the talents of people rather than finding these pathetic people who are thrust into these situations. That, to me, is completely artless.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I want to make it clear: it's not that I hate mainstream cinema. It's perfectly fine. There are a lot of people who need to escape, because they are in very difficult situations, so they have the right to escape from the world. But this has nothing to do with an art form.
There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
Movies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and it's still evolving in different ways.
All movies aren't fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.
Real art is basic emotion. If a scene is handled with simplicity - and I don't mean simple - it'll be good, and the public will know it.
I always question if somebody else is going to love my films. I think that's what art is about - it's so individual.
I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form.
There's a method to the madness in filmmaking, where everything's very specifically laid out, the shots and what they need - but there also can be a freedom to allowing the actors to find genuine moments.
As much as we'd like to believe that our work is great and that we're infallible, we're not. Hollywood movies are made for the audience. These are not small European art films we're making.