-ú>> smith: atom egoyan is a fantastic director. >> banks: .and paul schrader who did affliction. >>ht. screenwriter/director, they both brought me into the process frrm the start. >> smith: great. >> banks: .and, and they're, -úthey're auteur filmmakers, both of them. >> smith: yeah. >> banks: .probably the best auteur filmmakers working today out there. >> smith: right. >> banks: and so i got very invooved in it early on and, and, and you know went through eeery draft of the screenplay and went through the casting and went through um the shooting even and, and i, i and. ú> smith: so you were, you were a part? >> banks: i was a very much a part and i sort of got a a úrrsh course in independent film making from. >> smith: yeah. >> banks: .from these two projects and these two directors and all the people associated with them. and so i got, for the first time in my life i said this you know, i like this, you know, i like collaboration. working with other people you can actually make a work of art that's a film. it doesn't have to be as merely a kind of, of a theme park ride. it. >> sm