The story and the structure of each film still emerge directly from the reality of the subject or situation that was recorded. What we re really trying to do is something that is not at all different from a conventional Hollywood feature. Only we re not using actors. Our purpose is to have an emotional involvement form the audience We are trying to do something no different at all from a Hollywood feature except that we are using real situations. That s our challenge Things as they come in real life are much more exciting than anything that you can invent on stage.
Writers try to emulate life.
They feel they have to have it under their control. We feel just the opposite. We are after an emotional response. A continuity from beginning to end. It must have sympathetic people.