It took us nine months to write ‘The East’; we didn’t start writing it on the computer until seven and a half months into it. Zal Batmanglij Read Quote
People don’t really believe that their computer or sneakers are made by small hands, a child’s hands, or a person who is living such a miserable life. They somehow think that, no, that person has a tough life, but it’s an OK life. Zal Batmanglij Read Quote
I wouldn’t necessarily recommend shooting a feature film on a still camera. Zal Batmanglij Read Quote
No one dives a dumpster like a rich kid dives a dumpster, because there’s no shame. Zal Batmanglij Read Quote
We’re taught that food in a dumpster is waste. But when you find bags of bread that are perfectly good, all of a sudden that waste turns into bounty. That’s an important shift in perception. Zal Batmanglij Read Quote
In every public space, everyone has their head down on their phone. Including me. Zal Batmanglij Read Quote
To make ‘Sound of My Voice,’ we had to conceive the entire world and understand it holistically. If you want to show less in a movie, you’ve got to figure out more. Zal Batmanglij Read Quote
The California tract houses are like the mundane meeting the mystical. Sometimes if you’re driving at twilight, and you see those houses, and they’re starting to light up, there’s something so beautiful, so ethereal about the fact that they’re all pretty similar, set against this desert landscape and the light just hitting them a certain way. Zal Batmanglij Read Quote
