I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there.
I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.
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.
I began to exercise a lot of cinematic muscle with the precepts I had learned in the New York art world. Film was intriguing. I began to think of art as elitist, whereas film was not.
My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one.
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 realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.
Films don't cause violence, people do. Violence defines our existence. To shield oneself is more dangerous than trying to reflect it.
I suppose I like to think of myself as a film-maker.
With each project, I'm going for something that makes viewers think, 'Wow, I've never seen a film like this before,' and later think, 'Wow, I've only seen a film like this once before. I saw it in theaters and am watching it now on Netflix or a similar streaming service.'
Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.
I always want to make films. I think of it as a great opportunity to comment on the world in which we live. Perhaps just because I just came off "The Hurt Locker" (2008) and I'm thinking of the war and I think it's a deplorable situation. It's a great medium in which to speak about that. This is a war that cannot be won, why are we sending troops over there? Well, the only medium I have, the only opportunity I have, is to use film. There will always be issues I care about.
The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey.
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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