There Are No Rules In Filmmaking

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My Advice To Young Filmmakers Is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them!

There's Music In My Films But You Seldom Hear It. Very Early I Got The Idea That The Important Things In Films Were People - The Actors. They Are The Intermediary Between The Director And The Audience. They Make Direct Contact. People To People Communication.

Man's Greatest Advances Are Weapon Advances. Culture Follows From Weaponry, We Are Militant Like The Animals And Birds - Defending Our Homes. No Matter How Far Back You Go In History, Along With The Struggle For Existence, Along With The Survival Necessities - Kill Or Be Killed, Eat Or Be Eaten - There Is A Hunger For Something Spiritual. He Invents God, Prayers, Incantations To Something Above Him. Why? This Is Not Brought Out - This Is Not Weapon Culture.

One Is Never Completely Satisfied. But I Can Say That I'm Not Dissatisfied. I've Been Very Fortunate. I've Been Given Some Gifts - To Take Advantage Of The Contemporary Times When I Made Movies. Gifts To Make Audiences Laugh.