residue

I try to make the films work. I'm not being facetious. I collect footage over a period of maybe half a year. I assume that--because I've collected it--that there's some kind of unifying factor. Then I just begin. I say, "This is where I'm beginning" and then I let the film echo out on its own. I let the film echo its own reality. On Winter, I edited for probably a month; but, that's not a fair way to [state] it because, while I'm shooting, I'm eliminating stuff I don't like. So in a way it's maybe a year process; but, then the actual editing might take a month to six weeks.