The American New Wave

I think it comes down to all of the films that I saw that influenced me, that I felt were great, had a signature. And so my goal coming up on the heels of what's often called the American New Wave that followed the New Wave that came from Europe and other parts of the world, that was what made this feel new. We knew that there were studio films made by certain directors that had a certain signature. But the idea that that tradition over time on a percentage basis yielded better movies was not an idea that emerged until this New Wave showed up.