It's A Sad And Beautiful

It Meant A Kind Of Real Liberation Of Expression. It Embraced Amateurism In A Way That I Still Am Inspired By. It Was Not About Trying To Get, You Know, Stadium Gigs Or Even Commercial Radio Play Or Even Record Deals For That Matter. It Was About Saying Something 'cause You Meant It, And Expressing Something That You Felt. And That Was Primary For That - Whatever The Scene, Whatever Punk Rock Means, It Was Very, Very Important To Me, Very Formative.

My Films Are About The Little Things That Happen Between People That Are Sometimes Far More Valuable And Insightful Than The Big Dramatic Things That Happen.

Nothing Is Original. Steal From Anywhere That Resonates With Inspiration Or Fuels Your Imagination Authenticity Is Invaluable; Originality Is Non-existent. And Don’t Bother Concealing Your Thievery - Celebrate It If You Feel Like It.

The Limits Of Control Is Not Surrealism, But It Is An Experiment In Which Expectations Are Deliberately Removed: Expectations For Narrative Form, For Action In A Film, For Certain Emotional Content. We Wanted To Remove Those Things And See If We Could Still Make A Film That Was A Beautiful Film Experience, With Deliberately Removing Things Many People Would Expect.

I Always Think The Sex Pistols And The Ramones As Very, Very Important Because They Stripped Things Down.