Avatar is the most high tech film in terms of its execution, dealing with essentially a very low tech subject; which is our relationship with nature...and in fact the irony is that the film is about our relationship with nature and how our technological civilization has taken us several removes away from a truly natural existence and the consequences of that to us.
James CameronI actually started as a model builder and quickly progressed into production design, which made sense because I could draw and paint. But I kept watching that guy over there who was moving the actors around and setting up the shots.
James CameronIt took me a long time to realize that you have to have a bit of an interlanguage with actors. You have to give them something that they can act with.
James CameronRose: But now you know there was a man named Jack Dawson and that he saved me... in every way that a person can be saved
James Cameron