I've gradually realised that what I do best is universes. And I shouldn't be afraid of that.
A word on 'Kingdom of Heaven:' if you get the four-disc set, which is 3 hr. 8 min., you'll see why it's such a good movie. It was a real passion project, and it's the film I'm most proud of. I think it was treated incredibly unfairly.
Your landscape in a western is one of the most important characters the film has. The best westerns are about man against his own landscape.
I've got many letters from Muslim organizations thanking me for making 'Kingdom of Heaven.'
I'm a yarn teller. My job is to engage you as much as I can and as often as I can.
If 'formulaic' is somebody who is unlikely to succeed starting down a process and succeeding - then isn't that what most films are about? And art films are about people who aren't likely to succeed and then don't succeed.
