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"When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director."
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"Right now, there's the illusion of order and civilization, but there's a tremendous amount of economic tension in this country and the educational system is constantly eroding."
"Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before."
"One of the elements in the film that really fascinated me was not to look at the world in bi-polar terms of us vs them or east vs west, which was a by-product of the Cold War."
"I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive."
"On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously."
"If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies."
"Whereas painting is a more rarefied art form, with a limited audience, I recognized film as this extraordinary social tool that could reach tremendous numbers of people."
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"As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate, I don't learn my lines in advance. With this approach, I feel clean."
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"No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film."
"I can't do a film after having debated it. I am unable to do a film while discussing it with my team. I issue directives. I do not achieve it otherwise."
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"I think the original Matrix was really incredible. It was so original and it did so many innovative things with film. It was a much bigger film. Bound was just a smaller film. It was kind of like an old noir film."
"I knew exactly how I wanted it to play, but you are never sure until you watch the projected images reflect off the screen. That's when you know it worked."
"I didn't have a lot of independent film connections. It really took until the digital film revolution came along that I realized that I could do it myself."
"Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them."
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