The Chicago Sun-Times obituary by Neil Steinberg couldn’t have said it better: “Roger Ebert loved movies.” Considering that he reviewed thousands upon thousands of them, it was a good thing. From 1967 to his death in 2013, Ebert was the film critic … Continue reading LIFE ITSELF
In the beginning I just wanted to make movies, but with the passage of time the journey itself was no longer the goal, but what you find at the end. Now, I make films to discover something I didn’t know, … Continue reading Born On This Day — August 14, 1945
By the time I’d done Bloody Sunday I felt I reached the end of a chapter. I could feel it. I wanted to try something new, something different. Then, to my amazement, Bloody Sunday won lots of theatrical prizes, the … Continue reading Born On This Day — August 13, 1955
I don’t want to film a ‘slice of life’ because people can get that at home, in the street, or even in front of the movie theater. They don’t have to pay money to see a slice of life. And … Continue reading Born On This Day — August 13, 1889
Film is a battleground. Love, hate, violence, action, death…In a word, emotion. In the movie business, a good ending must sometimes hold sway over the truth. —Samuel Fuller Continue reading Born On This Day — August 12, 1912
A picture is made a success not on a set but over the drawing board. —Cecil B. DeMille Continue reading Born On This Day — August 12, 1881
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