I Started Studying Mythology, Just On My

Cinema Paradiso, Because It Reminds Me Of Why I Make Movies, The Magic Of Movies, The Romance Of Movies.

I Don't Think The Audience Goes And Thinks Of The Movie As A Piece Of Art - There Are Some Independent People Who May Go And Have A Higher Appreciation For Filmmaking. It Is A Great Art Form, But I Don't Think You Look At A Painting And A Movie With The Same Eye.

You Could Call It That [urban Western], I Guess, You Could Certainly Call It That. A Lot Of These Types Of Films Are, Really, If You Get Down To The Core Most Suspense Thrillers In This Genre, The Western Is Sort Of The Birth Of It All.

I Think People Go To The Movies To Be Entertained, To Have An Experience, To Disappear From Their Own Reality For A Couple Of Hours. If The Film Truly Succeeds In Everything The Filmmaker Sets Out For It To Be, Then It's Elevated To Art. It's Elevated To Something Special, Because It Gives People A Visceral Feeling Of Something They're Experiencing As A Collective Group. You Feel Something And That's What Turns It Into What You May Call Art.

It's A Hard Line To Walk, Man. Cause You Know You Want To Make This Movie, You Want To Make It Dark And Real, You Want To Show All This Stuff But Unfortunately You Can't Always Do That.