I Didn't Get The Degree Because In

Now In The States If You Look At The Tv, You See The Advertisements, The Tv Programmes, The Pop Videos, And The Movies, They're All The Same Style. I Think It's Very Condescending To The Audience To Assume They Only Have A Three Second Attention Span And So They Don't Leave Anything On The Screen For Any Longer. I Don't Understand That.

Some People Would Find Just The Rhythm Of My Films Alone To Be A Nightmare; They'd Probably Just Fall Asleep Because They Want Something Quicker. Other People Fall Into It And It Works For Them Like A Dream.

Music Just Gives Me So Much Energy And Inspiration. Music And Literature In A Way Probably Influence Me More Than Cinema Does Because They're Different Forms And Yet Related. I Probably Know As Much About Music History As I Do About The History Of Cinema.

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.

I Didn't Get The Degree Because In My Last Year, For My Thesis Film I Made A Feature Called Permanent Vacation And They'd Given Me A Scholarship, The Louis B Mayer Fellowship And They Made A Mistake.