Yes, to me that's one of the most compelling fears in film noir and the psychological thriller genre - that fear of conspiracy. It's definitely something that I have a fear of - not being in control of your own life. I think that's something people can relate to, and those genres are most successful when they derive the material from genuine fears that people have.

If I could steal someone's dream myself, I'd have to go for one of Orson Welles.

I remember the initial genesis quite clearly. My interest in dreams comes from this notion of realizing that when you dream you create the world that you are perceiving, and I thought that feedback loop was pretty amazing.

Film is the best way to capture an image and project that image. It just is, hands down.

Every film should have its own world, a logic and feel to it that expands beyond the exact image that the audience is seeing.

We shouldn't be chasing other movies, but stay true to the tone of Man of Steel.

The structural notions to me always have to be worked out very carefully in the script stage. Whatever a particular structure is. Whether it's chronological or non-chronological. To me that's always about what point of view are we trying to address in the film?