I think music is just a wonderful ingredient that helps us understand a scene better. And certainly you can overuse music, and you can use the wrong music. I probably have been guilty of these things over time. But if you use music correctly as a friend of the theme, a friend of the narrative, ou can lend some terrific connective tissue to a film.
Jonathan DemmeWhen you're working on a script, every word that's on the page, somebody has to read it. Make every word count in your stories.
Jonathan DemmeI remember the Neil Young brand hitting me very hard immediately. He wasn't an acquired taste. I loved him immediately.
Jonathan DemmeI love doing fiction. I love doing performance films and I love doing documentaries that don't have music. I love to shoot and I love to shoot things I'm enthusiastic about.
Jonathan DemmeIt's a funny thing with documentary films - you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional film you want it to feel as realistic as a documentary film.
Jonathan Demme