My grandpa could go days, weeks, even months without a drink but if he took that first drink, he couldn't stop. Once,… — Brian Lindstrom Drink 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… — Brian Lindstrom Dishwashers 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… — Brian Lindstrom Addiction 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… — Brian Lindstrom Beauty 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… — Brian Lindstrom Cinema 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… — Brian Lindstrom Documentaries 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… — Brian Lindstrom Enough Copy Share Image
If I weren't making documentary films, I suppose I'd be teaching. — Brian Lindstrom Cinema 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… — Brian Lindstrom Available Copy Share Image
I knew as a young boy that addiction and alcoholism afflict people - good, loving people - in profound ways, and that… — Brian Lindstrom Addiction 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… — Brian Lindstrom Cinema 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,… — Brian Lindstrom Built Copy Share Image
In the same way that we want to expand mental health service for people with mental illness, we also need to make… — Brian Lindstrom Health Copy Share Image
I don't think that there is any hard and fast rule that says that documentary has to be linear at all. — Brian Lindstrom Documentaries Copy Share Image
With a living person you're always burdened with this idea of fair representation, treading this fine line between honoring the person, and… — Brian Lindstrom Able Copy Share Image
I felt like any individual's recovery was more important than the film I was making. And I actually felt that my presence… — Brian Lindstrom Felt Copy Share Image
I've been very lucky in my life to have some great teachers. — Brian Lindstrom Great teacher Copy Share Image
You can just imagine the restrictions of shooting in a prison, but I just decided I'm going to embrace those restrictions sometimes… — Brian Lindstrom Choices Copy Share Image
I think in many ways what my films are about is that search for my grandpa's dentures: for that humanizing narrative that… — Brian Lindstrom Bridges Copy Share Image
I think that most of us instinctively avoid people with mental illness. — Brian Lindstrom Illness Copy Share Image
Mental health treatment is most likely available to the officers, but they may be reluctant to access it due to cultural beliefs… — Brian Lindstrom Access Copy Share Image
We don't see many films in which someone with schizophrenia is the main character. — Brian Lindstrom Character Copy Share Image
If you just think about the difficulty you'll never get anywhere. — Brian Lindstrom Adversity Copy Share Image
Documentary filmmaking has all the challenges and hardships of narrative filmmaking without any of the infrastructure or support. That's both a blessing… — Brian Lindstrom Blessing Copy Share Image
