To Make A Film, The

My Dad Was This Sort Of Avant-garde Guy Who Did All Kinds Of Weird Things. He Was A True Original And Anybody Who Met Him Never Forgot Him.

My Older Sister Was At The Cusp Of New Wave, And I Had Older Brothers From My Father's First Marriage Who Were Rock 'n' Roll Guys, So I Was Exposed To A Lot Of Popular Culture.

I Really Subscribe To That Old Adage That You Should Never Let The Audience Get Ahead Of You For A Second. So If The Film's Abrasive And Wrongfoots People Then, Y'know, That's Great. But I Hope It Involves An Audience.

To Make A Film, The Final Big Collaborator That You Have Is The Composer.

I Remember Being Taught In School That You Would Underline Things That You Liked. I Remember Just Underlining Everything As A Kid, Thinking, 'this Has All Gotta Be Important!' I Would Just Underline The Whole Thing!