My mom loved the old black-and-white films.

When I was a kid, I knew the black and white version of 'Jane Eyre,' and I guess I became interested in the idea of romantic love - of unrequited love and the tragedies of that; of what are the important things in life; what should one value over other materials.

'City of God' and 'Slumdog Millionaire' are both films that I really like, but they are stylistically the opposite of what I wanted to do.

You work with the communities to make films. And you just don't go in and take over their territory.

I was kind of a dark kid. I loved Halloween, and I loved vampires and the black and white old monster movies.

I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip.