Hudson Mohawke - Butter
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The fools in life want things fast and easy — money, success, attention. You, on the other hand […] are building the foundation for something that can continue to expand. To make this happen, you will have to serve an apprenticeship. You must learn early on to endure the hours of practice and drudgery, knowing that in the end all of that time will translate into a higher pleasure—mastery of a craft and of yourself. Your goal is to reach the ultimate skill level—an intuitive feel for what must come next.
His way of making a film was to concentrate on seven or eight “non-submersible units”.
You had a very good chunk, another good chunk, and when you had six good chunks, you were almost home with a movie. It would be easy to connect them.
You can see this principle operating, in particular, in 2001.