“I love my work, apart from when it's driving me crazy. But I get to be interested in stuff and think like a filmmaker as I'm buzzing about the world and then see an opportunity to make a film, and then make it happen.” ThinkingWorldHappensFilmOpportunityStuffCrazyDrivingFilmmakerMake It HappenDrive Me Crazy Author:Lucy Walker
“With portable cameras and affordable data and non-linear digital editing, I think this is a golden age of documentary filmmaking. These new technologies mean we can make complicated, beautifully crafted and cinematic films about real-life stories.” ThinkingMeanRealStoriesAgeFilmTechnologyCamerasComplicatedReal LifeGoldenDataDigitalFilmmakingEditingDocumentariesAffordableNew TechnologyLinearLife StoryGolden AgeCinematic Author:Lucy Walker
“I think we've reached that point where we understand medically what we are doing to ourselves with these sports. In football, it's kind of hard to get the access that you want for the story and, of course, it's very long-term: the effects of the repeat concussions really don't hit until decades afterwards, whereas the traumatic injuries in extreme sports are very immediate. I realized Traumatic Brain Injury was a fascinating and important story that not had been told very much. I wanted to know more.” ThinkingKindImportantSportsBrainFootballI RealizedInjuryUnderstand MeExtreme Sports Author:Lucy Walker
“The world of extreme sports is also one of the big businesses. Kids might think that snowboarding is the ultimate freedom, but this freedom is being marketed to them by commercial sponsors.” ThinkingWorldBigsMightKidsSportsUltimateExtremesBig BusinessSponsorsSnowboardingUltimate FreedomExtreme Sports Author:Lucy Walker
