American - Director | November 21, 1965 -
Fighting bitterness can be a full-time job.
Ira Sachs
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Capturing intimacy is pretty much the only thing I'm interested in. That's what excites me and what I find beautiful in movies personally - that almost obscene sense that we shouldn't be this close to these people. I find that very inviting and meaningful as an audience member.
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My father moved out to Park City in in the mid-'70s and lived in a Winnebago behind a hippie joint called Utah Coal & Lumber that was one of only two or three restaurants at that time. Park City was a sleepy little mining town, with not a condo in sight.
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New York grabbed me too hard, as did adulthood.
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Most simply but profoundly, I chose to live an honest life, which I think as a gay person is not a given.
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All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on.
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What's interesting to me is the distinction between my old life and my present life.
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I've been hiding crucial events in my life since I was 13.
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I'm not interested in a film about deceit anymore. I think I was always invested in deceit on some level. But it no longer compels me the way it did for so many years.
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I always think of my films within the context of where aesthetics meet economics. That's the nature of making art - not being naive about what is possible and getting what you need to tell the story you want to tell.
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For me, every film is actually a form of documentary.
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I've always been interested in how the individual comes to know and accept him or herself, which I think has been hard for me.
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