I Love Silent Films. The Future Is

It Was A Really Interesting Time In New York In The Late 70s And Early 80s, And The Music Scene Was Really, Really Interesting Because You Didn't Have To Be A Virtuoso To Make Music, It Was More About Your Desire To Express Things.

When I'm Trying To Imagine Something, I Have A Few Elements, A Few Ideas, Maybe A Certain Actor Or Actress I Want To Create A Certain Type Of Character For, Or Maybe A Certain Place.

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.

I Even Think The Commercial Element Of New American Directors Is Really Fertile Right Now. There Are A Lot Of Filmmakers With Very Particular Visions, Like Sofia Coppola And Wes Anderson And P.t. Anderson And Alexander Payne And Peter Sollett And Harmony Korine And Vincent Gallo. At Least They're Making Films That They Choose To Make, And They're On Their Own. That's Positive To Me. This Is Not A Dead Period For American Cinema At All.

Separate Two Particles, Place Them At Opposite Ends Of The Universe, Produce Some Effect In One, And The Other Will Be Identically Affected.