Upon Entering My Vein, The Drug Would

I Had Wanted To Do A Comedy.

Narcotics Have Been Systematically Scapegoated And Demonized. The Idea That Anyone Can Use Drugs And Escape A Horrible Fate Is Ananathema To These Idiots. I Predict That In The Near Future, Right Wingers Will Use Drug Hysteria As A Pretext To Set Up An International Police Apparatus.

In Rare Cases, I've Had Music Before I Shot The Movie. I Think That For 'good Will Hunting' I Had An Elliot Smith Record Or A Couple Of Them And I Just Somehow Felt Like The Sound Had Something To It That Reminded Me Of The Story. So In That Case There Was Music Beforehand.

And Later I Thought, I Can't Think How Anyone Can Become A Director Without Learning The Craft Of Cinematography.

The Rules Of Suspense Are That You Do Know, And You Just Don't Know When. In The Hitchcock Rules Of Suspense, You Are Supposed To Know That There Is A Bomb On The Bus That Might Blow Up, And Then It Becomes Very Tense - But If You Don't Know That There's A Bomb And It Just Blows Up, Then It's Just A Surprise.