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.

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That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like some kind of recurring dream,...

That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like some kind of recurring dream,...

Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting...

Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting...

If anyone's been around some very long cocaine evenings, there's nothing that's in SCARFACE that...

If anyone's been around some very long cocaine evenings, there's nothing that's in SCARFACE that...

Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment,...

Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment,...

It's always great when you discover someone.

It's always great when you discover someone.

And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because...

And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because...

I guess what's most surprised me in most of the reviews is that they don't...

I guess what's most surprised me in most of the reviews is that they don't...

Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind...

Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind...

But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't...

But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't...

However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years.

However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years.

You know it's always amazed me - I think the most startling thing that's happened...

You know it's always amazed me - I think the most startling thing that's happened...

I do like directing other people's material.

I do like directing other people's material.

I mean, I don't mind promoting a movie, or talking to the press if it's...

I mean, I don't mind promoting a movie, or talking to the press if it's...

And we've become very doubtful of our information sources, because they're all controlled by these...

And we've become very doubtful of our information sources, because they're all controlled by these...

I've dropped myself into straightforward character pieces in order to explore that form and reap...

I've dropped myself into straightforward character pieces in order to explore that form and reap...

It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow.

It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow.

The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with...

The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with...

So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to...

So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to...

However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.

However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.

I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble...

I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble...