“Non-fiction films are necessarily tentative, exploratory, archaeological excavations… We invent new realities together with our characters, creating situations that shed light on them and their worlds, just as one might apply lamplight to a crystal, searching for just the right angle so that, in a moment of clarity, the crystal’s complex architecture shines forth, revealing its multiple facets. A better metaphor: we begin with unknown seeds, helping them take root and grow into seedlings. We grope in darkness to discover what conditions this mysterious plant needs in order to develop and burst into bloom, revealing the splendours that were always there, hidden within the seed. We should explore this magnificence from within and without. We must be the dewdrop that acts as a magnifying glass on the petal. We must be the hummingbird flying overhead. The finished film should be the poetic condensation of all this mystery.”
