It’s amazing how popularity can change perception. When Stephenie Meyer’s 2005 novel, Twilight, cracked the New York Times bestseller list, vampires were brought back into the mainstream in a big way. Beginning in 2008, Meyer’s series was adapted into five movies and followed closely … Continue reading ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE
I think predictability has become the rule and I’m completely the opposite—I like spectators to be disturbed. —Louis Malle Continue reading Born On This Day — October 30, 1932
I have become tired of cinema. The so-called entertainment value of films in recent years, the mechanisms of the market, and the constant pandering to popular taste, all disgust me. I don’t feel the need to keep making films or, … Continue reading Born On This Day — October 27, 1957
Most of my pictures, I’m sorry to say, are about nothing. Because I’m a whore. I work for money. It’s the American way. —Don Siegel Continue reading Born On This Day — October 26, 1912
Some things I come across in everyday life sparks curiosity in me. My films are a way for me to unravel these things. I start with a very ordinary, banal situation, and this situation usually has something in it that … Continue reading Born On This Day — October 25, 1960
The Sie Film Center’s programming manager, Ernie Quiroz, is like a kid with an electric train set. With three screening rooms and a variety of projectors at his disposal, Quiroz decides what magic plays out on those screens, and he … Continue reading Beyond Batman
I look at myself as an entertainer, more than anything else. I wanted to make the movie a little more different than the previous films. … That was less about me growing as a craftsman. That was more about me … Continue reading Born On This Day — October 23, 1959
I was never romantic in real life. That is why I have to make movies about it. —Ang Lee Continue reading Born On This Day — October 23, 1954
Apocalypse Now fueled my obsession with experiences in the cinema, really, of trying to create. There are risks attached to it. You’re trying to stretch things, but you are also fundamentally committed to getting as many people to see it is … Continue reading Born On This Day — October 20, 1956
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