I Was Born At A Bad Time

I Think That There Is Always A Part Of Utopia In Any Romantic Relationship.

The Silent Film Has A Lot Of Meanings. The First Part Of The Film Is Comic. It Represents The Burlesque Feel Of Those Silent Films. But I Think That The Second Part Of The Film Is Full Of Tenderness And Emotion.

The Challenge To Me As A Director Was For The Audience To See The Film As Going On In A Straight Line, So That They Did Not Sense All Of These Break-ups. I Did Not Want A Film To Be A Collage Of All These Images.

All My Movies Have An Autobiographical Dimension, But That Is Indirectly, Through The Characters. In Fact I Am Behind Everything That Happens And That Is Said, But I Am Never Talking About Myself In First Person. Something In Me - Probably A Dislike Of Cheap Exhibitionism- Stops Me From Approaching A Project Too Autobiographically.

I Don't Want The Director To Have To Make Any Decisions Except To Say "action" And "cut."