Status Updates From On Directing Film

“Practice with these tools until you find them boring, then practice some more”

“We didn’t say these beats had to be uninflected. We said that the shots had to be uninflected”

“The boat had to look like a boat; the sail doesn’t have to look like a boat”

“While so hard-pressed, and while working to include the pretty picture, one will undoubtedly become wedded to its eventual inclusion, to the detriment of the piece as a whole”