What inspires filmmakers to invest so much time and energy in creating a movie? Vera Farmiga comments on directing "Higher Ground" - her film version of "This Dark World," the Carolyn S. Briggs nonfiction book subtitled "a memoir of salvation found and lost."
"In our search for identity and sense of self and self-transcendence, we search for the definition of what God means to us. We're not defining whether God does or does not exist. That's not the discussion, or the aim of the film."
She saw the story as a question: How do we live a fully integrated life? "The way to change anything, about any one of your relationships, whether it's with your partner or your parents or your children, is to come from a completely genuine self. That's how to live a life that's impassioned and intimate, whether it's your relationship with a deity, however you define that, with your family or your community."
More quotes in post: Vera Farmiga on getting spiritually tipsy from Annie Dillard
http://talentdevelop.com/2223/vera-farmiga-on-getting-spiritually-tipsy-from-annie-dillard/
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Also see my article: Women film directors
http://talentdevelop.com/articles/Page1010.html