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" Aristotle wrote the 'Poetics' 2,400 years ago. It's really an instruction manual for aspiring filmmakers. It's as valid today as it was then. "
Really
Then
Today
" Doing anything on a movie at Sundance is great. "
Great
Sundance
Doing
" Feature filmmaking is a different kind of complication as documentary comes in the editing room. "
Editing
Different
Filmmaking
" I keep a list of everyone I've ever met. "
Met
Keep
Everyone
" I loved films of the '70s with those antihero protagonists who you don't know if you can get behind because their behavior is really questionable. "
Loved
Who
You
" I spent 12 years doing different things in film trying to figure out the story I wanted to tell. "
Film
Doing
Years
" I think that people need to become more educated about money. We need to stop creating systems that benefit only the most-cutthroat sharks. "
Stop
Sharks
Money
" I think that ultimately any effective drama or tragedy tries to put you as much as it can into the protagonist's shoes. "
Drama
Much
Tragedy
" I've written plenty of scripts that sucked. "
Sucked
Plenty
Scripts
" My dad used to sell a type of commodity contract. It was so complicated, he was certain his sales people didn't understand what they were selling. "
People
Complicated
Understand
" Some people are in positions of power, and when incentives go haywire, we are all human and it's easy to make mistakes. I am not saying everybody is Bernie Madoff. "
People
Mistakes
I Am
" When you're editing the film, you use a temp track. So you're putting music in there for a rough cut to keep track of what's going on. It can be a hindrance if wrong, it can be an enormous asset if you get it right. "
Film
You
Wrong
" Why is the public so interested in movies about the wealthy? My answer is that Shakespeare wrote about kings. That's where the action is. And it's the classic, cathartic thing. You get to indulge in a lifestyle you're not part of, a tragic error leads to a downfall, and you get to say, 'Thank God I'm not him.' "
Say
Movies
Thank God
" Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life. "
Experience
Best
Life
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