I’m taking a gamble making the film. I don’t have any money. I just go to the bank and borrow it. And hope. But what isn’t risky about movies? It’s always risky when it’s original… It’s a very dangerous territory … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 9, 1929
The camera I was using in the beginning, a rudimentary affair in which the film would tear or would often refuse to move, produced an unexpected effect one day when I was photographing very prosaically the Place de l’Opera. It … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 8, 1861
There were giants in the industry. Now it is an era of midgets and conglomerates. —Otto Preminger Continue reading Born On This Day — December 5, 1905
I think that a film should have a good story, a clear story, and it should have, if possible, something which is probably the most difficult thing—it should have a little bit of magic. Magic being untouchable and very difficult … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 5, 1902
I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing—that it all started with a mouse. I’m not interested in pleasing the critics. I’ll take my chances pleasing the audiences. It’s kind of fun to do the impossible. —Walt … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 5, 1901
Each picture has some sort of rhythm which only the director can give it. He has to be like the captain of a ship. —Fritz Lang Continue reading Born On This Day — December 5, 1890
The story of the Great Emancipator began on Feb. 12, 1809, when Abraham Lincoln was born to Thomas and Nancy Hanks in a one room log cabin in Kentucky. A few years later, the Lincolns left Kentucky, crossed the Ohio … Continue reading THE BETTER ANGELS
In 2012, Missy Franklin—a swimmer from Centennial, Colorado—caught the attention of the Olympic world. The fresh-faced phenom became the first female to qualify for seven Olympic events and ended up collecting one bronze and four gold medals while setting two … Continue reading TOUCH THE WALL
Lyons has a new man in town, and he’s starting up a film festival. That man is Jake Fink. Fink spent 15 years as a journeyman on film sets, starting out as a production assistant in New York City before … Continue reading Jake Fink on the Lyons Film Festival
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