If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it. It really is public brainwashing and misinformation.

The problem of media/politics is multifold. Many things are out of whack.

In-depth reporting is expensive. It is much cheaper to have people sit around or on remotes and talk about politics like it's baseball. But there is also a predetermined intent in terms of what is reported and how it is reported, and the degree to which a story is pushed. Both have bad effects.

If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it. It really is public brainwashing and misinformation.

It doesn't matter how good your film is; if people don't know about it, they won't go and see it.

The problem for independent filmmakers is that huge companies control all the promotion, all the advertising. Hollywood films' advertising budgets are as large as their shooting budgets.

Many of us had this idea of doing independent film, of making personal, relevant films, as opposed to Hollywood fluff. I directed a few.