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Zal Batmanglij
Zal Batmanglij
American Director
Born: 1981
Good Life Me People Think You
Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
I think we have to go through a lot of rituals in order to fill the gap of meaning in our lives. Zal Batmanglij
Think Our Our Lives Through Rituals Go Lot Order Meaning Gap Fill Lives
We entered 'Lucid Grey' into the Georgetown festival on April 27, 2001. Now 'Sound of My Voice' is opening on April 27, 11 years later. It couldn't have happened in a more perfectly cinematic way. Zal Batmanglij
Cinematic Later Way April Entered More Voice Perfectly Opening Sound Years Festival Grey Happened Lucid Now
It's so hard to shoot wealth. It doesn't show up on film. Zal Batmanglij
Wealth Up Shoot Hard Show Film
If you really want to have an anarchist experience, make a movie with a studio. Zal Batmanglij
You Experience Anarchist Studio Make Want Movie Really
The art house is an elitist idea. Zal Batmanglij
Art Idea House Elitist
'The Terminator' is grounded in so much realism. It's again a story that centers around a woman that isn't a 'woman's picture' necessarily. I found it really thrilling, both 'Terminator 1' and '2.' When you watch it it's such fine storytelling. Zal Batmanglij
You Woman Picture Fine Thrilling Both Terminator Around Story Centers Again Realism Storytelling Much Really Grounded Found Necessarily Watch
On 'Sound of My Voice,' I was the first and last word, which is kind of a dictatorship. I like collectives, though. Zal Batmanglij
Dictatorship Word First Though Kind Voice Like Sound Which Last
'The East' could easily be a TV show. Zal Batmanglij
Easily East TV TV Show Could Show
The country gets so beat up in the media. It's worth remembering how much we love America. Zal Batmanglij
Love Worth Country Beat Remembering How How Much Up America Gets Much Media
I think if there's anything 2016 has taught me, it's that we have a real hard time with women in our society; we have a hard time with the feminine. Zal Batmanglij
Time Me Women Think Society Our Feminine Real Taught Anything Hard Hard Time
I'm a gay man of colour. Zal Batmanglij
Gay Man Colour
Violence doesn't interest me very much. Zal Batmanglij
Me Very Interest Much Violence
'Sound of My Voice' had been written before 'Another Earth.' Zal Batmanglij
Before Earth Voice Had Written Another Sound Been
I like how collaborative and cult-like filmmaking is. It's really family-oriented, tribe-oriented. Zal Batmanglij
Collaborative Like How Really Filmmaking
I remember in grade school having a group of friends and enjoying that sense of community, enjoying living in an imaginary world that wasn't just by yourself or your sibling but a whole group of people. Zal Batmanglij
Yourself People World Remember School Sense Community Group Living Having Friends Grade Grade School Just Your Whole Enjoying Imaginary Imaginary World Sibling
Any director who's willing to be brave not only in terms of subject matter but also in terms of being emotional and moving you is what inspires me. Zal Batmanglij
Me You Director Matter Be Brave Willing Only Inspires Emotional Terms Also Subject Subject Matter Brave Any Being Moving
I'm very fascinated by genre. Zal Batmanglij
Genre Very Fascinated
That's the beauty of filmmaking: it's extremely humbling because you do it all over again all the time. Zal Batmanglij
Time You Beauty Extremely Over Because Again Humbling Filmmaking
A novel is both a story and a piece of writing. A movie is a story and a piece of filmmaking. Zal Batmanglij
Writing Both Piece Movie Story Novel Filmmaking
It's not easy to learn to trust someone and let someone trust you. Zal Batmanglij
You Trust Easy Someone Learn
You can't just express yourself and it becomes a movie. You have to get beyond that. Zal Batmanglij
You Yourself Beyond Becomes Get Just Movie Express Express Yourself
It doesn't really matter what someone's hair looks like or if the sound is perfect. Every director who's made a couple of movies knows that, because you can replace the sound. Or, like, any one shot is not that important, because they all add up together. Zal Batmanglij
You Director Together Matter Made Hair Important Every Add Someone Perfect Like Couple Looks Knows Because Sound Up Replace Any Movies Shot Really
A director really doesn't deal with performance that much, especially if you deal with great actors. Their work is the performance. What you're helping them with is all the stuff they cannot be in control of. Zal Batmanglij
Work Great You Director Control Performance Stuff Deal Cannot Them Much Really Helping Actor
I don't want to make a 100 hundred million dollar movie I have no stake in. Zal Batmanglij
Hundred Make Dollar Want Movie Stake Million
I don't know if any specific religion is the one to subscribe to. I'm not saying, one way or the other. I don't want to get involved in that. But, I think having faith in this experience we are having as a group of people on Earth helps a lot. Zal Batmanglij
Faith Saying Religion Experience People Subscribe Group Think Other Earth Way One-Way Having Know Involved Lot Get Any Want Helps Specific
I don't think we set out to make 'The East' in order to necessarily change people's hearts; I don't know how much movies actually change people's hearts. We wanted to make something that was thrilling and got you to thinking. Zal Batmanglij
You Change People Think Thinking East Out Something Thrilling Know Make Got How How Much Hearts Order Wanted Movies Much Actually Necessarily Set
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