Born On This Day — July 15, 1970
Some people will ruin a movie for you if they enthuse too much. —Jim Rash Continue reading Born On This Day — July 15, 1970
Author: Michael J. Casey
Born On This Day — July 21, 1955
I loved the cinema always, and I loved to go watch movies. But what I saw there was just stupid lies and fake stories. I never saw life and I never saw anything about the people I knew. I never … Continue reading Born On This Day — July 21, 1955
Born On This Day — July 15, 1925
Various people began calling our films “direct cinema,” others called it cinema verité, but nobody really knew what to call them. Some even called it “fly-on-the-wall” but this wasn’t right, at least I never wanted to be a fly on … Continue reading Born On This Day — July 15, 1925
A COFFEE IN BERLIN
Niko (Tom Schilling) is your typical aimless 20-year-old adrift in his own life. In a way, Niko is like every other 20-something, afraid to step forward for fear of failure but also plagued by the uncertainty of which step to … Continue reading A COFFEE IN BERLIN
SNOWPIERCER
In 2014, the nations of Earth decided that they could no longer ignore the issue of global warming. Their solution was to use airplanes to disperse a chemical into the atmosphere in hopes of bringing the temperature down. They inadvertently … Continue reading SNOWPIERCER
Born On This Day — July 14, 1918
I never considered myself anything more than as a craftsman, a hell of a skilled craftsman, if I may so myself, but nothing more. I create things that are meant to be useful, films or theatrical productions. I’ve never felt … Continue reading Born On This Day — July 14, 1918
Born On This Day — July 13, 1957
Making a big Hollywood film that really affects people is as hard as making a small movie on a credit card. —Cameron Crowe Continue reading Born On This Day — July 13, 1957
Born On This Day — July 13, 1923
Every film, because its primary function is to move, i.e. to take place in time, is a theorem. It is a series of images which, from one end to the other, have an inexorable logic (or even better, a dialectic) … Continue reading Born On This Day — July 13, 1923
Born On This Day — July 12, 1975
I worry it’s gonna fall apart every minute of every day! But we try not to care. You can’t play not to lose. You kind of have to put your ego aside and accept the fact that careers are long, … Continue reading Born On This Day — July 12, 1975
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