I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect of the manner in which we've adopted tools. Those tools have become who we are.

Quote by Godfrey Reggio

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So, not for lack of love of language, but because I feel our language is...

So, not for lack of love of language, but because I feel our language is...

It is very easy to make clear what you want a film to say, but...

It is very easy to make clear what you want a film to say, but...

The only thing I can do is type. I learned that when I was 13.

The only thing I can do is type. I learned that when I was 13.

I think there's an enormous value to being negative. The world we live in today,...

I think there's an enormous value to being negative. The world we live in today,...

Technology is not neutral.

Technology is not neutral.

But in fact if you look at film as a metaphor, only through the negative...

But in fact if you look at film as a metaphor, only through the negative...

So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice...

So to hope to be able to have peace, to be able to have justice...

What I'm trying to do is to at least raise a flag to the blinding...

What I'm trying to do is to at least raise a flag to the blinding...

I think it's naive to pray for world peace if we're not going to change...

I think it's naive to pray for world peace if we're not going to change...

These films however, have ambiguity built into them, because it's too easy in film to...

These films however, have ambiguity built into them, because it's too easy in film to...

All tools have intrinsic politics and technology is the tool of now.

All tools have intrinsic politics and technology is the tool of now.

In effect, I feel like a blind, deaf, and illiterate person working through the sensibilities...

In effect, I feel like a blind, deaf, and illiterate person working through the sensibilities...

Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is...

Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is...

The language of the moment or, as it were, the language of the order in...

The language of the moment or, as it were, the language of the order in...

Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, so we are no longer...

Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, so we are no longer...

In the order I was in, each brother takes five vows, one of which is...

In the order I was in, each brother takes five vows, one of which is...

In terms of the feeling of the piece, I cant think about what people are...

In terms of the feeling of the piece, I cant think about what people are...

History has been the history of warfare.

History has been the history of warfare.

It's not just the effect of technology on the environment, on religion, on the economic...

It's not just the effect of technology on the environment, on religion, on the economic...

Having been an educator for so many years I know that all a good teacher...

Having been an educator for so many years I know that all a good teacher...