“I think that's my approach: If it feels right for a scene to be whole, to hold on without cutting for a long time, then that's great. But other scenes, they don't want it.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsLongWholeCuttingSceneApproachLong TimeFeels Right Author:David Mackenzie
“People start realising that I'm a responsible filmmaker and I'm not going to run away with the budget or do anything stupid. I think it probably depends on the subject matter and it depends on who's producing and all those things. My hope is that I'll be allowed to carry on making films.” PeopleThinkingRunningFilmStupidResponsibleFilmmakerRealisingRunning Away Author:David Mackenzie
“The problem with the British film industry is that it's really the American film industry, or a small branch of in lots of ways because of the common language. But it's great to see some individual voices still there. I think I probably gravitate towards a slightly more European, auteur model rather than the studio thing. I think it would be great if British films were a little bit more auteur driven.” ThinkingProblemFilmIndividualLanguageCommonDriven Author:David Mackenzie
“I find most American films annoy me because their third act tends to be tying up loose ends and returning to moral values and killing the monster. I think most of the scripts I read to tend to go in that direction and I find that very, very unsatisfying. I want the stories to have loose ends and to pose some questions - or even say things that aren't too comfortable.” ThinkingFilmValuesMoralKillingAnnoyingMoral Values Author:David Mackenzie
