In Their Words — Saturday, August 10, 2013

Sirk with Dorothy Malone & Rock Hudson 'The Tarnished Angels' (1957)
Douglas Sirk with Dorothy Malone and Rock Hudson making The Tarnished Angels (1957)

I have always been trusting my audience to have imagination. Otherwise they should stay out of the cinema. You have to leave something open. The moment you start preaching in a film, the moment you want to teach your audience, you’re making a bad film.

Douglas Sirk