Alexander PayneA collection of 14 posts

Sad

Marketing has supplanted story as the primary force behind the worthiness of mak...

Positive

When you're a houseguest and you leave it's nice to straighten someth...

Movie

I mean look I love movies not just the ones I make… In fact I don'...

Movie

Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground.

Movie

The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on ter...

Movie

I guess maybe I try to make movies that are closer to real life than are many Ho...

Movie

Even if we die at 100 we're still dying young. I want at least 700 years. ...

Hope

I don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make an...

Happiness

Joe E. Lewis said 'Money doesn't buy happiness but it calms the nerve...

Future

Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try ...