Broken Horses is an artistic triumph. Beautifully written, acted and imaged, this film wraps slowly around you like a king snake and squeezes.

Rose: You're trembling. Jack: I'll be alright.

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Rose: You have a gift Jack, you do. You see people. Jack: I see you. Rose: And? Jack: You wouldn't have jumped.

It 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.

Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee.

I'm certainly not a fan of conversion when you could shoot the movie in 3-D.