I try to make each film a different film.

It is understandable that people cannot be knowledgeable about all the different mediums. Sometimes it is funny.

I do consider the individual things individual, in a way because that is what I do I guess, try to find out what is special about each medium.

Sometimes you talk to people who really don't know anything about your work, and what can you say?

I know there is also the influence of television and being able to zap away so it is a weightier decision to go into the theater than it used to be. And probably attention spans are not as strong as they used to be, generally speaking.

We've been able to record the music of cultures that did not have recording, and thus preserve it. But there is also a negative aspect to this and that is the effect of the intrusion of the West on such cultures.

Some of my films have caused riots, fights, and all kinds of things.