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" Bombs are not going to fix ISIS. "
Matthew Heineman
Bombs
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" ISIS is an idea. And we have to fight this idea with the same tools that they're using. "
Matthew Heineman
Tools
Using
Fight
" What Americans desperately need is a way to transition from the current system - which is fragmented and focuses on high-cost, high-tech interventions after illness strikes - to a modern system that delivers coordinated, high-touch, lower-cost, patient-centered care with an emphasis on primary care and prevention. "
Matthew Heineman
Need
Way
Transition
" So much of the access that I was able to gain with the Autodefensas was over months, not days. "
Matthew Heineman
Gain
Over
Much
" With newspapers cutting foreign bureaus and budgets shrinking for long-form, investigative journalism, documentary filmmakers are often filling a void nowadays in the media landscape with their ability to spend time with their stories and subjects. "
Matthew Heineman
Void
Media
Time
" I'm so grateful to be part of the Sundance family. "
Matthew Heineman
Part
Sundance
Family
" Too often, we rely on other people - whether it be politicians or institutions - to effect change. "
Matthew Heineman
Rely
Change
Other
" I think in 'Escape Fire,' we really look at the military as a microcosm for the rest of America. "
Matthew Heineman
Fire
Rest
America
" We mainly shot 'Cartel Land' with the Canon C300. The camera was dropped, smashed, hit by guns, in dust storms, torrential rain, and it never, ever failed. "
Matthew Heineman
Guns
Never
Land
" I think health care is incredibly, incredibly important. "
Matthew Heineman
Important
Think
Care
" We have a fee-for-service system that rewards quantity, not quality: profit-driven care rather than patient-driven care. So doctors order more tests, more procedures, and more drugs - we actually consume more prescription drugs in the U.S. than the rest of the world combined. "
Matthew Heineman
Quality
Tests
Rest
" My dad sent me a clipping about the self-defence militias in Mexico. Immediately, when I read it, I knew I wanted to create a parallel story about vigilantes on both sides of the border. "
Matthew Heineman
Story
Both Sides
Create
" I fell in love with Mexico. I fell in love with the people. "
Matthew Heineman
Mexico
Love
Fell
" You can't win a battle against an idea with bombs, with guns, or militarily. "
Matthew Heineman
Battle
Idea
Win
" I want to move people to think and ponder the question of their own healthcare. And it doesn't need to be political thinking. "
Matthew Heineman
Thinking
Think
Political
" There's this fascination in America that more is better: we want that procedure. And more is not necessarily better when it comes to health care. We as consumers really need to understand that. "
Matthew Heineman
America
Better
Care
" I went on a cross-country trip with three buddies to find out what our generation is about. I bought a video camera, started shooting, learned as I went, and ended up with 'Our Time,' a feature-length documentary about what it's like to be young in America. I was hooked. "
Matthew Heineman
Time
Camera
America
" Hospitals should be paid to keep patients out of the hospital, not for signing up more and more patients. "
Matthew Heineman
Up
Hospital
Out
" The story of everyday people rising up to fight against evil to protect their families - it's a story that we've seen play out throughout history and across the world today. "
Matthew Heineman
Evil
Today
People
" Sundance is incredible and has been very important for my career as a filmmaker, but it's also not the only route to success. There are a ton of great movies that don't get in and go on and do wonderfully. "
Matthew Heineman
Important
Success
Movies
" I'm not a war reporter. "
Matthew Heineman
War
Reporter
" Health care has become a political football that is being tossed back and forth by both sides in Washington. And it's divided our country. "
Matthew Heineman
Care
Back
Health
" I don't like to talk about myself. "
Matthew Heineman
Talk
Myself
Like
" The story is supposed to change; it's supposed to evolve. In making 'Cartel Land,' I ended up with a much, much different story than I started with. "
Matthew Heineman
Story
Land
Different
" When you are part of a cartel, you don't have a Costco card that says, 'I'm a card-carrying member of the cartel.' "
Matthew Heineman
Part
Costco
You
" Growing up in the digital age of filmmaking, I'm as guilty as anyone of overshooting. "
Matthew Heineman
Up
Growing Up
Growing
" We have a disease care system, not a health care system. "
Matthew Heineman
Health
Disease
Care
" I was fascinated by what motivates men and women to fight for what they believe in. "
Matthew Heineman
Fight
Women
Motivates
" My job is to generate discussion. "
Matthew Heineman
Job
Discussion
Generate
" I landed a job at HBO, working for two years on the 'The Alzheimer's Project,' which aired in May 2009. I was fortunate to work with a great mentor, producer John Hoffman, and the amazing doc filmmaker Susan Froemke. "
Matthew Heineman
Two
Amazing
Work
" I was fascinated by what happens when government institutions fail and citizens take the law into their own hands. "
Matthew Heineman
Government
Fail
Own