After 'The Blues Brothers,' I wanted to do a good musical number with real dancers and shoot it correctly.

In my career, my movies tend to polarize critics.

The 1960s and 1970s were the real years for independent film, because they were really independent. Plus, there were hundreds of distributors. There were all these companies that basically did exploitation, but they were independent. Now, there are very few independent distributors.

I grew up in Los Angeles, and I've made movies all over the world... I've been in New York, Norway, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, London - I've been in all these cities, shooting away in the winter, thinking, 'People who choose to live here are insane.

After 'The Blues Brothers,' I wanted to do a good musical number with real dancers and shoot it correctly.

I've been all over the world, and to be in Milan and see guys dressed as Jake and Elwood is amazing. They really have become a part of the culture.

I'm following a real event and real people.