There's a therapeutic aspect to all making, but the nature of working is to compress, condense, and shape stuff, not to just expunge it. It's not just an exorcism.
I do try to compress a lot of information into what I do. It's funny.
That's one of the central challenges we face - how to stay true to events and compress the fundamentals.
Life is too complex to compress into soundbites. Every situation is different.
I'm used to adapting my novels for feature film - it can be challenging to cut and compress three or four hundred pages into two hours of dramatic action.
Only a fool would try to compress a hundred centuries into a hundred pages of hazardous conclusions. We proceed.