You Musn't Be Afraid To

The Problem With Big Films Is They Snowball Very Rapidly And You Can Never Pull Back. It's A Pipeline That Needs To Be Fed.

Yes, To Me That's One Of The Most Compelling Fears In Film Noir And The Psychological Thriller Genre - That Fear Of Conspiracy. It's Definitely Something That I Have A Fear Of - Not Being In Control Of Your Own Life. I Think That's Something People Can Relate To, And Those Genres Are Most Successful When They Derive The Material From Genuine Fears That People Have.

Say You Have A Headline Like "mountain Bike Stolen," And Then You Read The Story, Read Another Story About It The Next Day, And Then The Next Week, And Then The Next Year. News Is A Process Of Expansion, The Filling In Of Detail, And Making Narrative Connections - Not Based On Chronology, But Based On Features Of The Story. There Are Narrative Connections Made Between Props, Between Characters, Between Situations, And So Forth.

Batman And Superman Are Very Different Characters But They're Both Iconic And Elemental. Finding The Right Story For Them Both Is The Key.

George Lazenby Is No One's Favorite James Bond, But For Me The Anonymity At The Center Of This Lavish Production Only Serves To Reveal The Bond Machine Firing On All Cylinders: Superb Editing And Photography, Incredible Score, Great Setpieces. The Most Romantic In The Series, And It Actually Has, Of All Things, A Tragic Ending.