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SY: So in terms of your film career as a whole, now that we've sort of gone over some of your films, not all... which ones do you find the most rewarding, the most fulfilling?

RN: Oh, boy. Well, I have to say, with Wataridori is one film, 'cause I had my father in there, and I think I got a really good sense of, at least through three kind of experiences, of the early Issei. And the Miyatake film, and there was another film that in terms of filmically it wasn't that good, but in terms of kind of power and content was Looking Like the Enemy which I did, and it was interviews of Asian American soldiers that served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War and World War II where they all had the face of the enemy. I think I got some really powerful interviews. I should have probably... I didn't have the time, but I should have probably filled it with b-roll, illustrated a lot more. I made it pretty talking heads 'cause I thought the veterans were so compelling. For some people it works, but if you look at all the interviews and the content in there, I'd like to maybe do that film again. But that's something that I thought worked for me.

SY: I'm just doing this for people who don't know what b-roll is.

RN: Oh, okay. I kept it pretty much just interview only, and did not put other visual elements like war footage or camps or anything in there. I have some in there as transitions, but they're pretty much straight edited interviews.

SY: So if you were to redo it again, you might...

RN: Yeah, yeah, I might...

SY: Just to make it visually more interesting.

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