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I would certainly say that films like Time Code and the Loss of Sexual Innocence were far more rewarding to me in terms of being able to move forward as a filmmaker.
- Improvisation
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In discussing the process with the actors, I made it clear to them that they could improvise but that the sum total of their improvisation needed to impart certain plot points, and schematic material.
- Piano
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I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar.
- Filmmaking
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But I don't have such a strong desire to need to get away from filmmaking.
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I am intrigued enough to want to continue, and also to try and work with companies like Sony on modifying the cameras and making them more user-friendly and efficient.
- Cinema
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One of the things I love about cinema is the range.
- Country
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I'm a huge fan of world cinema, because each country uses cinema in a very individual way.
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Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free.
- See
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Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film, and in retrospect, one can see that certain films, let's say Leaving Las Vegas, demonstrated its own success.
- Process
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Each film is different. Time Code was very quick - a matter of months. Miss Julie has been on my shelf as a script for some seven or eight years. But then the shooting process was very quick - 16 days.
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I had no plans to be a director.
- Drama
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Then I became interested in drama, and almost by accident, I drifted into film.
- Live
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I started using film as part of live theatre performance - what used to be called performance art - and I became intrigued by film.
- Mirror
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In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form of original music, while classical music has gotten to the end of its cycle in terms of exploring its form.
- Musicians
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When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer.
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I've held onto little musical sketches that I thought could be useful, and the more time that I spend doing them for each film, then the more I have to draw on.
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I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument.
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You can do really slow movements with it, like zooming in for a minute and a half. The audience isn't aware that the camera has moved, but there's subconscious tension there.
- Music
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The power of sound to put an audience in a certain psychological state is vastly undervalued. And the more you know about music and harmony, the more you can do with that.
- Counterpoint
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There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there.
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