I felt like any individual's recovery was more important than the film I was making. And I actually felt that my presence was a form of witness that communicated to the people I was following that their lives mattered. — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
My grandpa could go days, weeks, even months without a drink but if he took that first drink, he couldn't stop. Once, when I… — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
We all use dishwashers every day and yet none of us would say that we're experts on dishwashers, but somehow we all think we're… — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
I felt that if people understood the struggle of recovery, then some of the stigma of addiction might be reduced because the audience would… — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
I think that every film should have its own structure, and that's the beauty of film language - is that we get to express… — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
It can be difficult to present mental illness in film without resorting to devices that, if not handled well, can seem heavy-handed or cliché. — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
In documentary you sometimes see the tyranny of the linear, but what I've noticed in the last ten years in narrative film is the… — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
If the subject is no longer living, the immediate question is do you have enough first-person material to really get that story across. You'd… — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
The visual quality of the cameras now is such that you can shoot with available light, and if people are willing to mount a… — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
I knew as a young boy that addiction and alcoholism afflict people - good, loving people - in profound ways, and that some people… — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
I think it would be really hypocritical of me to make the films I make, where I delve into people's lives, to say that… — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
One thing people often forget when making a documentary is that, in a sense, you still have to cast, find a star, and it… — Brian Lindstrom Copy Share Image
