I've always been very level-headed about this stuff. I've read way too many accounts of the rise and fall of people who are self-deluded about their work. I'm also very aware of my place in film history. Having studied music theory and practiced piano and bass guitar, Fleder is able to draw parallels between his two arts. I draw instinctively on my knowledge of music, using concepts like dissonance, discord, harmony, rhythm and tempo.
Film is all about the pieces.
Things clash and crash together. The worst thing you can do when you're making a movie is to keep the same tempo for two hours. He can quote Godard in the way that Dizzy Gillespie or Miles Davis might quote another jazz musician when they're playing a solo. Fleder takes a long pause, searching for an answer. It's a little bit of everything.