Well, one thing about these films is they're all very long. And you're famous for long durational pieces. So in terms of films, do you think that certain things can only be achieved, with that epic scale?

Well, yes to be enveloped, to be really enveloped. I was lucky to be brought up in the 50s and in Times Square I saw The Ten Commandments. Back then, everyone paid much more to see a movie. Each seat was reserved and it was like being in business class in an airplane and the screen was incredibly large and they had speakers everywhere. So you were really enveloped in this three and a half hour long extravaganza, and so, sure, that had a very big effect on me. Especially The Ten Commandments, that predates my music and my long pieces. And they're sort of Gesamtkunstwerks: you're in this room and it's dark, except for all that you see and all that you hear. In those days, I even saw with my parents, sometimes "smell-o-vision and all those!