It's something that I've never really talked about, because I've always felt that it would sound arrogant to say it, but the fact of the matter is that I did the first Decline and gave the world that editing style before MTV was even invented. Yeah, but the first and third films both have sort of a minimalist look to them, whereas the second film looks a lot glitzier. That's because I paid for the third film, and I certainly wasn't about to go broke on it. And that's because Miles and these guys got some bread from New Line. I didn't really dig that.
People think directors have more power than they actually do.
You'll do what we say. That's part of the reason I went along with the program, to a degree. But it's good enough for punk-rock. That won't be tacky. That was his idea.