No, the thing I love is getting to do all of it and switching it up because if I go away and write for a while, it’s good to get out on deck and start directing, and if I’m directing for too long I want just want to go hide in my room and go back to screenwriting

Spartan is serious in a way it seems only Mamet can manage while screenwriters the world (or at least America) over continually treat audiences like idiots, hammering every joke home with the subtlety of a jackhammer, leaving flashing neon arrows on top of every clue.

While Chasing God doesn’t answer any of the questions it poses, it reminds you that they’re questions that we need to ask ourselves whether we’re believers or not.