MY CULTURAL INFLUENCE

I most artistically relate to independent exploitation movies of the 70s. The writers, directors, and actors had a certain rebellion towards authority, the mainstream, and traditionalism. They invented new techniques, aesthetics, genres, and a whole sub-culture onto themselves through experimentation. They proved that a lack of funding and general interest should not dictate whether art should or could be produced- they found a way to make films through pure ambition. That’s how I feel: ignore the status quo, redefine convention, depict unadulterated fantasy, and do it all with a sense of humor and naïveté.