A lot of jobs today are being automated; what happens when you extend that concept to very important areas of society like law enforcement? What happens if you start controlling the behavior of criminals or people in general with software-running machines? Those questions, they look like they're sci-fi but they're not.

How can I make a movie about the violence of the police if the police aren't going to let me film it?

I think the media needs a little criticizing now, as it did in the '80s, don't you?

I like some superhero movies, but I have to say that they all feel the same to me. I've seen them a million times. They're all the same movie.

Usually I say I have no imagination.

If you replace a soldier with a machine, you take away the possibility of the soldier or the policeman to not do something the state asks of him. He may think it's unethical to do it. A machine doesn't have that critical perspective.

As a filmmaker, I make the films that I love, that are in my heart. That's what I care about.