Film…

I think I love Film because it’s the closest thing I have to religion- something to believe in.

Like when there is nothing else around and no one else around, I get to spend 2 to 3 hours with a group of people who have believed in something – however good or bad it is. it’s sort of like humanity cannot live alone and cannot be created alone. And it would cease to exist if you don’t keep believing in it.

I can love and hate and learn and unlearn in two hours. I can be angry and depressed in a way that is just for me, but also for every single person who is watching with me. Almost like a collective prayer.

You can fight about films, you can misunderstand films, you can get the wrong message from films, you can feel guilty for not watching too many films. That sounds pretty profound to me.

I can be both anything or nothing when I watch a film – it’s almost like being molded – like every single thing I have ever seen has found its way inside me even if it’s bad.

It takes 200 people to make a film feel like something – and then, at that moment, the only people who understand you are the 200 people who worked on the movie.
Their jobs are my awakenings, and I always wish I could do that. But I watch a movie. I know I don’t want to make one because the greatest films have been made or will be made, and my life would feel complete if I could absorb all of them.

So it’s sort of holy.