If You’ve Seen 1000 Movies, You’ve Lived 1000 Lives — Robert Rippberger
Film Courage: What are your thoughts on this statement If you’ve seen a thousand films, you’ve lived a thousand lives?
Robert Rippberger, Filmmaker: I love filmmaking and a lot of the reason why I love filmmaking is because I feel like it transports you into these different ways of navigating life and being in different circumstances. I feel like film is this sense in which if you’ve seen a thousand films, you’ve lived a thousand lives.
Film Courage: Does it have to be something that has a quote unquote message or can it just be a fun comedy?
Robert: A lot of the films I seek out to entertain and also provide a message but there is certainly a side of entertainment in itself that uplifts people. Frank Capra very early on made Can’t Take It With You…
