Also, he added, the look of digital video has its own distinct qualities. And I feel the same with the digital stuff. I have no problem aesthetically with the image. Plus, the lower costs can liberate a filmmaker from the politics and pressure involved in a studio film. Figgis is more interested in exploring the new digital frontier.
New media lies in the filmmaker's future as well.
You write as you go, and then that creates its own dynamic. To Figgis, the digital revolution is a pendulum swinging in his direction. It's just a kind of addition, . . . I think that wouldn't be a bad thing. I felt for a long time that the artistic role in filmmaking has been very, very played down almost like a bad word.