These films however, have ambiguity built into them, because it's too easy in film to make a strident work of propaganda or advertising, which are really the same thing anyway, meaning the message is unmistakable.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

History has been the history of warfare.

History has been the history of warfare.

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 is not neutral.

Technology is not neutral.

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...

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...

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...

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 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,...

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...