My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this film. We've made three films together and I would never underestimate the impact of a writer.
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It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.
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It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.
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The whole concept of the devil is a metaphor on one level.
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And it's a question of how far we're willing to go in order to let the ego shine, in order to let that beacon penetrate not only the local scene but the world.
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I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.
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It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.
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But a writer's contribution is literary and a film is not literary. When you take that stuff off the page, and cast the people who are going to fit into those roles, that's what being a director is.
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But a writer's contribution is literary and a film is not literary. When you take that stuff off the page, and cast the people who are going to fit into those roles, that's what being a director is.
