For Coloradans, it’s a familiar sight: skiers perched atop the mountain, staring down the crest, ready to launch into the abyss. What goes through their mind? Are they studying the mountain, addressing curves and paths, considering their descent? Do they … Continue reading DAYS OF MY YOUTH
Summer is over, school is back in session, and that can only mean one thing: the glorious return of the University of Colorado Boulder’s own International Film Series (IFS). Now in his 17th season as IFS Director, Pablo Kjølseth is … Continue reading A Feast for the Eyes: Previewing the Fall 2014 International Film Series
I like stylization. I try to get away with as much as possible until people start laughing at it. —Brian De Palma Continue reading Born On This Day — September 11, 1940
I’m not politically motivated. I used to be—passionately. I used to be very Left wing. Then I went very Right wing, and now I rest somewhere in the middle. —Guy Ritchie Continue reading Born On This Day — September 10, 1968
I don’t like to do remakes. Usually, for one reason or another you have to see the original film, and it always rather bugs you when you find yourself doing a certain scene, and you keep being reminded of what … Continue reading Born On This Day — September 10, 1914
The great directors managed to dissolve and disappear into the work. They make other people look good. —Alexander Mackendrick Continue reading Born On This Day — September 8, 1912
Each film I make changes me in some way. When I start the picture I’m one person and by the time I finish I’m another. I like women, especially beautiful ones. If they have a good face and figure, I … Continue reading Born On This Day — September 7, 1940
The only good and original films I’ve made were made after my testimony. Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it. —Elia Kazan Continue reading Born On This Day — September 7, 1909
In my films landscapes are never just picturesque or scenic backdrops as they often are in Hollywood films. In Aguirre the jungle is never some lush, beautiful environment it might be in a television commercial. Sometimes when you see the … Continue reading Born On This Day — September 5, 1942
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