So, not for lack of love of language, but because I feel our language is in an enormous state of humiliation, I decided to make films without words.

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Technology is not neutral.

Technology is not neutral.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Mystery is gone to the certainty of technological principles. So the real terror, the real...

Mystery is gone to the certainty of technological principles. So the real terror, the real...

I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect...

I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect...

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...

History has been the history of warfare.

History has been the history of warfare.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

It's not that we use technology, we live technology.

It's not that we use technology, we live technology.

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...

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...