I Was Raised Irish Catholic,

I Think Everything Has Some Politics To It. It's Just Whether Or Not It Admits To It. Politics Is Weird. I Don't Even Know What That Means Any More.

I Grew Up In Evanston And Lived In Chicago For A Long Time, In Old Town And Wrigleyville. I Did Three Films When I Was In High School. The First Was 'class,' With Rob Lowe. I Had A Supporting Role In That.

I Feel Like I'm A Filmmaker; I Don't Feel I Need To Yell 'action' And 'cut.'

I Think That Poe Is So Resonant Because He Represents That Part Of Us That Is In Misery Or Sorrowful Or Wants To Explore The Darkness. He Wrote A Great Story Called 'the Imp Of The Perverse' About The Instinct Towards Self-destruction. Poe Is The Godfather Of Goth Literature And That Whole Movement.

A Lot Of Powerful People In Washington May Think It's A Crazy-leftist-fringe Position To Think The Intellectual Authors Of A Torture Regime Should Be Investigated And Prosecuted.