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
I don’t think you should FEEL about a movie. You should feel about a woman. You can’t kiss a movie. There is no point in having sharp images when you’ve fuzzy ideas. Tracking shots are a question of morality. You … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 3, 1930
I always wanted to be a foreign filmmaker. But I’m from Brooklyn so I couldn’t be because I wasn’t foreign. But all of a sudden, through happy accidents, I’ve become one, to such a degree that I’m even writing subtitles. … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 1, 1935
There’s an old saying in Hollywood: It’s not the length of your film, it’s how you use it. —Ben Stiller Continue reading Born On This Day — November 30, 1965
In my experience, almost every financial interchange with Hollywood ends with an accusation by the corporation of theft. “You didn’t do what I wanted, you didn’t work hard enough, you intended to defraud me.” These are the recurring plaints of … Continue reading Born On This Day — November 30, 1947
There’s a good many pictures I’d like to make, we’ll see how many I’ll be allowed to make. —Terrence Malick Continue reading Born On This Day — November 30, 1943
A friend of mine says, “Art’s like a shark. You’ve got to keep swimming, or else you drown.” Keep bouncing around. People always ask me, “What’s the plan?” There is no plan. I go to what fascinates me next. I … Continue reading Born On This Day — November 30, 1937
We’ve never considered our stuff either homage or spoof. Those are things other people call it, and it’s always puzzled me that they do. Frequently we are writing characters and we are thinking, “Wouldn’t it be interesting to see such … Continue reading Born On This Day — November 29, 1954
In an era of breadlines, depression and wars, I tried to help people get away from all the misery… to turn their minds to something else. I wanted to make people happy, if only for an hour. —Busby Berkeley Continue reading Born On This Day — November 29, 1895
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