“We don't see many films in which someone with schizophrenia is the main character.” CharacterFilmSchizophreniaMain Characters Author:Brian Lindstrom
“It can be difficult to present mental illness in film without resorting to devices that, if not handled well, can seem heavy-handed or cliché.” IfsWellsSeemsFilmDifficultIllnessHeavyMental IllnessDevices Author:Brian Lindstrom
“I think in many ways what my films are about is that search for my grandpa's dentures: for that humanizing narrative that bridges the gap between "us" and "them" to arrive at a "we."” ThinkingWayFilmNarrativeBridgesGapsGrandpa Author:Brian Lindstrom
“If I weren't making documentary films, I suppose I'd be teaching.” IfsFilmTeachingDocumentariesDocumentary Films Author:Brian Lindstrom
“In documentary you sometimes see the tyranny of the linear, but what I've noticed in the last ten years in narrative film is the tyranny of the non-linear.” YearsSometimesLastsFilmTenTyrannyNarrativeDocumentariesLinear Author:Brian Lindstrom
“I think that every film should have its own structure, and that's the beauty of film language - is that we get to express that deeply individualistic side of ourselves.” ThinkingShouldFilmLanguageSidesShould HaveStructureIndividualistic Author:Brian Lindstrom
“I felt like any individual's recovery was more important than the film I was making. And I actually felt that my presence was a form of witness that communicated to the people I was following that their lives mattered.” PeopleImportantFilmFormIndividualFeltFollowingRecoveryWitness Author:Brian Lindstrom
“I think it would be really hypocritical of me to make the films I make, where I delve into people's lives, to say that my life can't be looked at or that I have to be this pristine, isolated figure.” PeopleThinkingWould BeFilmFiguresIsolatedHypocriticalPristine Author:Brian Lindstrom
