I'm a believer in film school.
In editing, it's amazing how you choose the in and out points. What you cut on is everything for creating tension. It's amazing how expanding a shot by five seconds can just ruin the tension.
When I was a kid, I was afraid of large group of conforming people.
I won't rewrite on set, but I'll just trim the fat.
Filmmaking is a real craft.
The trappings of a religious cult tend to fall into candlelit ceremonies and robes and group chanting and singing and prayer.