When I Do The Music, I Make

In Discussing The Process With The Actors, I Made It Clear To Them That They Could Improvise But That The Sum Total Of Their Improvisation Needed To Impart Certain Plot Points, And Schematic Material.

When I Do The Music, I Make The Musicians Listen To What's Happening In The Film. That Way They Treat The Dialogue As If It Was A Singer.

Each Film Is Different. Time Code Was Very Quick - A Matter Of Months. Miss Julie Has Been On My Shelf As A Script For Some Seven Or Eight Years. But Then The Shooting Process Was Very Quick - 16 Days.

I Never Had Any Urge Or Desire To Do Like A Big Spectacular Movie With Thousands And Thousands Of Extras. I'd Rather Watch Paint Drying. But Put Me In A Room With Three People Having A Hard Time, Like A Character Situation, And Then You're Into A Really Intense Portraiture Kind Of Concept.

Obviously, I Try To Make The Films Work For An Audience. That's The Main Point Of Making A Film, And In Retrospect, One Can See That Certain Films, Let's Say Leaving Las Vegas, Demonstrated Its Own Success.