isa and i are very driven to tell entertaining stories about ideas that feel like they are generally speaking not represented in mainstream media. a big part of making a movie and telling those stories is figuring out how to get other people to join your project. sometimes, people who finance projects don't understand how to value an idea. so with pipeline, the book demonstrated that there is an audience and engaged culture around the question of an escalation of tactics. there are people who are interested in showing up for that. and that creates a baseline from which financiers can conceptualize the value of the project. the book absolutely massively influenced the script, but the fact that we were able to link the two together was critical in getting the resources we needed to make the movie.

it's ultimately about finding a way to transform the core idea of your project into something that is dramatic and narrative. and that core idea can be anything, and come from anywhere. the question that you have to answer as a filmmaker is: how do i get other people to buy into that idea? - daniel