If something can be explored or illuminated that would have been difficult to verbalize, that to me is what a film should be. It's like trying to explain what a piece of music is like. You can't do it.
I don't believe that narrative works when it's trying to teach a lesson or speak a factual truth. - Shane Carruth
I don't believe that narrative works when it's trying to teach a lesson or speak a factual truth.
- Shane Carruth
My favorite films are the ones that I walk away from and I know I saw a story. - Shane Carruth
My favorite films are the ones that I walk away from and I know I saw a story.
I feel like we want to compartmentalise things and say, 'Well, that's emotional, artistic and subjective, while this is intellectual, objective and m… - Shane Carruth
I feel like we want to compartmentalise things and say, 'Well, that's emotional, artistic and subjective, while this is intellectual, objective and m…
As a viewer, that's work I respond to - work that I know is singular in some way. If I'm being challenged by something on screen, if I don't quite kn… - Shane Carruth
As a viewer, that's work I respond to - work that I know is singular in some way. If I'm being challenged by something on screen, if I don't quite kn…
Editing is very satisfying process. You spend hours working on something and then you get to watch it. It's immediately satisfying where everything e… - Shane Carruth
Editing is very satisfying process. You spend hours working on something and then you get to watch it. It's immediately satisfying where everything e…
I've always been anxious about 'Primer.' There's good things about it, but all I've seen for a long time is the flaws. - Shane Carruth
I've always been anxious about 'Primer.' There's good things about it, but all I've seen for a long time is the flaws.
It's interesting because I don't ever want to ask a better question than I can answer, if that makes sense. I find that frustrating as a viewer. Comp… - Shane Carruth
It's interesting because I don't ever want to ask a better question than I can answer, if that makes sense. I find that frustrating as a viewer. Comp…
My favorite films are the ones that I walk away from and I know I saw a story. I saw the core part of the plot. But if I ever take another look at it… - Shane Carruth
My favorite films are the ones that I walk away from and I know I saw a story. I saw the core part of the plot. But if I ever take another look at it…
I don't want to be thought of as somebody who's spiritually ambiguous, but the reality is there's unknown things happening. I'm not ready to point at… - Shane Carruth
I don't want to be thought of as somebody who's spiritually ambiguous, but the reality is there's unknown things happening. I'm not ready to point at…
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