Filmmakers

“I can’t tell you about the character because there is no character.”
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“If you start with no ideas, something happens.”
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And what to do with it, featuring the Iranian director Jafar Panahi
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Plus his devotion to daily routines, meditation, Bob’s Big Boy, and sugar!!!
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“You do all the things that are not right, but they all contribute to the thing that will be right in the end.”
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Kubrick’s willpower, Nicole Eisenman’s mantra, Baldessari’s “Johnisms,” and other nuggets from my move-scattered brain
Watching a four-part documentary on Japan’s irritable genius of animation
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"I’m on 8–12 phone calls a day, always whittling down a to-do list, and definitely still prioritizing coffee."
Plus: How do creators create when life is literally falling apart?
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