Oftentimes when people make movies about the '80s, they go back and look at '80s films, [but] those look nothing like the '80s. It's some watered-down version of reality.
Brett MorgenWhen I grew up, we had no babysitters and nobody every observed us. People don't parent like that today. They're very hands-on; kids are constantly being supervised.
Brett MorgenThe only people who really love the '80s are millennials. We had Reagan and Bush for our entire youth, the culture was terrible, the fashions were terrible, the movies were terrible.
Brett MorgenI try and make non-fiction films that feel like fiction, so I'm always looking for the subtext and that's what really excites me.
Brett Morgen