Is it annoying that some people act skeptical of a movie’s quality if there’s a long wait?
The whole time, of course, as I’m editing, I see blogs. Part of me wants to respond to it, but at the same time you don’t pay attention to that stuff. It’s all hype. You just let the movie speak for itself.
How much footage did you shoot?
209 hours.
Wow. Was the first cut like a miniseries?
No, the first cut was maybe two hours and 20 minutes. It’s about two hours and 10 minutes now. So I’m using 1 percent of what was shot. Editing is murder – I hate murdering. So I basically torture my footage and it dies slow deaths.