sm: The movie has been premiered at the San Francisco World Film Festival the past October 24th. What kind of reaction did it receive? DZ: The film got a Special Recognition Award/Creative Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking, which was nice after two years of hard work and stress. But more important was the response from the audience. It was overwhelmingly positive. I expected people to find it merely interesting in a "hm, good point, interesting..." sort of way, but from the first few minutes I realized everybody was really into it, they were laughing at Alan's sardonic remarks (English speakers will pick up the nuances of Alan's dry humour much more probably) and at times were completely silent. A very strange andrewarding experience. People said afterwards that they were really blown away and needed some time to recover. Which is a good thing to hear, it's the sort of film experience I would like to have myself more often. That feeling you have when you sleepwalk out of the cinema and your brain feels swollen. So that makes you feel relieved as a filmmaker, that you were able to transmit and transform that raw idea, that raw energy and use the medium to get inside the audience's system, to alter their consciousness. Scary idea, but that's what governments and advertisers do 24 hours a day. But not to aid you in spiritual growth and to teach how to think for yourself. More like Mass Programming. Keep the sheep in their place. No wandering allowed... sm: It's well known that Alan Moore does not have a great interest in the movie adaptations of his comics. He said in several interviews that he hasn't seen From Hell and has no intention to see LXG. In your movie Moore plays himself. Apart from this main role, what kind of involvement, what kind of input did he put in the planning and production of the movie? Did he collaborate with you on the script, or what else? [continues]