"It’s the contradictions that lend itself to more layered storytelling, where one code can masquerade as its opposite. Just as a joke can contain contradictions, the lies can reveal the truth. "
Johan Grimonprez, director of Oscar-nominated Soundtrack To A Coup d' Etat answers "5 Questions"
I have a problem. I feel like most movies settled. They don’t so much as finish as they are stopped. I want to see filmmakers reach high, and in some miraculous way, actually exceed that grasp and truly soar. Needless to say I am not easily satisfied. I get accused of asking for too much, setting to high a bar.
The thing is occasionally fulfill my wishes…
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