There's almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any case, many ideas which are full of personal meaning seem rather banal when you put words to them.

He was also planning to direct two other films: War Magician and Shadow Divers. It became a major box-office hit and is without doubt one of Weir's best-known films for mainstream audiences. He was to direct a film adaptation of William Gibson's 2003 novel Pattern Recognition.

Peter Lindsay Weir AM (born 21 August 1944) is an Australian film director.