Because of Walter, we did it the other way around. We also worked with an awesome sound designer named Will Patterson who just worked for four years ….

There were the classic challenges any tourist faces, like getting lost, getting sick, losing things, getting in a fight... All these things happened ….

So to watch that production was just the most insane vision of a filmmaker being unrelenting in his will to create. Learning more about that was what….

The biggest lesson we took was when Werner [Herzog] said in a meeting with us that the mother of all challenges is to get your film seen in theater. ….

Fitzcarraldo is that metonymic character that's unwilling to give up on his dreams. Meeting Walter was the point in which all of these dreams coalesc….

I worked on "Tree of Life." It was just magical. It was like a little family. A fleeting, beautiful alliance to forge something meaningful. It was am….

First, the three of us holed up in winter in a cabin and took the 500 hours down to twelve hours. Then we found an editor, Lambis Haralambidis. He to….

Herzog and Malick both have this very unique naturalist intentionality to their process. It's about creating the mood, creating the focus and having ….

It was Herzog, the man himself. He was so welcoming and kind and not at all the persona you'd seen in a magazine, or in "Burden of Dreams" for that m….

What we definitely agree with Walter on is that filmmaking is teamwork. It's one of the only arts that is truly based in the work of a team. Anyway, ….

Fitzcarraldo is a mad dreamer. He's willing to sacrifice everything in order to make his vision of an opera house. That metaphor of pulling the boat ….

At one point, we were stuck at the border of Peru and Colombia and met this large Haitian population that was stranded there without passports and co….

The lessons learned on a pure practical production standpoint were immense. It instilled a faith that you can accomplish what you want if you just be….

Malick is so far on the other side of the spectrum in terms of his character. Malick is a complete recluse, and not at all driven by ego or championi….

It's organic. It's like a river. One stream comes in and it meets another stream and becomes the Amazon..