Yesterday Matt Dentler fired five questions at me on his blog. A couple were on ADVENTURELAND (opening Friday!). One was on social networking. Another was on what I would advise anyone embarking on their first feature. You should read the whole interview, but this is what I had to say on the latter question:
There are over 1000 things coming at you that you need to consider. Slow down. Think. Collaborate. There are many immediately more productive ways than filmmaking that you can apply your labor, time, and money, that won’t suck in so many other people’s labor, time, and money, so if you are going to proceed down this path you MUST be incredibly thoughtful and considerate about what you are doing, what are you saying, what you will do with the results. It is irresponsible to do otherwise. Good work lifts us all, but anything less makes it harder still. Work together and aim higher.
