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"I guess what's most surprised me in most of the reviews is that they don't seem to get the noir story in the dream sequence, so they analyze it like a straight noir movie."
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"An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world."

"I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. It's in the subconscious."
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"Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole studio process of making and releasing films."

"But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore."

"And we've become very doubtful of our information sources, because they're all controlled by these huge multilateral corporations."

"I've been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features."

"I've dropped myself into straightforward character pieces in order to explore that form and reap its values. But you are sort of restricted visually when your first requirement is to tell a fairly straightforward story."

"I mean, I don't mind promoting a movie, or talking to the press if it's going to be used in some way."

"Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment, and you've got to be able to be in control enough to capture what's happening."

"However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years."
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