Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.
My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one.
With each project, I'm going for something that makes viewers think, 'Wow, I've never seen a film like this before,' and later think, 'Wow, I've only seen a film like this once before. I saw it in theaters and am watching it now on Netflix or a similar streaming service.'
I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.
I'm interested in social commentary.
War's dirty little secret is that some men love it. I'm trying to unpack why, to look at what it means to be a hero in the context of 21st-century combat.