I Was Once A Shameless, Full-time Dope

Yeah, Kubrick's A Big Influence. In Something Like 'a Clockwork Orange,' He Is Trying To Use The Practical Light - I Mean, At Least He Says That In His Interviews, Like They're Not Using Traditionally Hollywood Lights. In 'elephant' We Basically Used No Lights; We Never Really Adjusted.

I've Always Been Interested In How To Present Something That Relates To Our Reality - Which Is Not Really... I Don't Even Know If Documentary Itself Does As Good A Job. It Has Its Own Problems In Trying To Get At The Reality Of The Situation.

And Later I Thought, I Can't Think How Anyone Can Become A Director Without Learning The Craft Of Cinematography.

You Never Look At The Backside Of A Mirror Because When You Do, It'll Affect Your Future Because You're Looking At Yourself Backwards. No, You're Looking At Your Inner Self And You Don't Recognize It Because You've Never Seen It Before.

There's A Lot Of Films That Have Relatively Rigid Road Maps Because They Have A Script And Others That Are Less Rigid Because They Have Less Of A Script, Like 'elephant.' The Road Map Becomes More Interpretive, Maybe, Than One With A Detailed Script. Editing-wise, They All Have Their Problems.