“I love to just listen and watch. I could happily watch a security camera at a store. Often during a day I'll see a guy selling pretzels or an argument that somebody's having on a stoop and I'll think, "Oh I wish I had my camera, I wish I could capture this moment." There's something about people being people and interacting that can be so beautiful when it's framed by a camera. That desire to capture people as they are, and the stubbornness to keep going when they don't necessarily want you to capture them being who they are, are key.” PeopleThinkingMomentsBeautifulDesireGuyWishSecurityArgumentSellingKeep GoingJust ListenStubbornnessFramed Author:Marshall Curry
“I've always been curious in why different people believe the things they do and do the things they do - in the different ways that people live.” PeopleBelieveDifferentCurious Author:Marshall Curry
“I think that any time you are making a film you have to realize that the people you are talking with might be giving you misinformation. Sometimes it is factually incorrect and for that, it's important to me to check it out and not let things find their way into the film without being challenged, either by me, or by another character, or by evidence that you might see on screen.” PeopleThinkingGivingImportantSometimesCharacterFilmRealizingEvidenceMisinformation Author:Marshall Curry
“Most of this film, however, is about interpretation - are these people terrorists or freedom fighters? Are they good or bad? Is cutting timber good or bad? And I don't feel like the answers to those questions are simple, so we don't try to answer them for the audience. I wanted to elicit the strongest - and most heartfelt - arguments from the characters in the film and let those arguments bang up against the strongest arguments of their opponents.” PeopleTryingCharacterFilmSimpleAudienceCuttingArgumentTerroristFighterHeartfeltFreedom Fighter Author:Marshall Curry
“There are some audiences who are uncomfortable with the ambiguity, though. They want a film to chew their food for them, they want Hollywood endings that tie everything together in the end and answer all of the questions. They are usually people on one extreme of the political spectrum or other and they haven't been happy because the film is not polemical enough on their side. They aren't usually people who aren't interested in understanding points of view that they disagree with - they just want to attack their opponents - and I'm ok with them not liking the film.” PeopleEnoughTogetherFilmPoliticalUnderstandingAudiencePoint Of ViewUncomfortableDisagreeAmbiguity Author:Marshall Curry
