Author: Michael J. Casey
Born On This Day — April 26, 1897
Your camera is the best critic there is. Critics never see as much as the camera does. It is more perceptive than the human eye. These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not … Continue reading Born On This Day — April 26, 1897
TOKYO STORY (東京物語)
Every decade, the British Film Institute conducts its Sight and Sound poll of the Greatest Movies Ever Made. In 2012, the top two films were familiar: Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo and Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, but third was a dark horse: Yasujirô Ozu’s 1953 masterpiece, Tokyo Story. If … Continue reading TOKYO STORY (東京物語)
Born On This Day — April 24, 1930
Born On This Day — April 23, 1954
I made Bowling for Columbine in the hope the school shootings would stop and that we would address the issue of how easy it is to get a gun in the United States and, tragically, those school shootings continue. I made … Continue reading Born On This Day — April 23, 1954
Born On This Day — April 23, 1925
People talk about experimental film, avant-garde film, etc… But there is no experimental film or avant-garde film… There’s just film… in which some people make shit, some make soup, they make films like beans… and then some make highly refined … Continue reading Born On This Day — April 23, 1925
Born On This Day — April 23, 1893
Born On This Day — April 21, 1963
If there’s anything I know about directing, it’s how to make actors comfortable. It’s where I started and it’s what I know, and it’s what I love. I like when the actors are really partners and I want them to … Continue reading Born On This Day — April 21, 1963
Born On This Day — April 21, 1951
The truth is always less interesting than the fiction. —Jean-Pierre Dardenne Continue reading Born On This Day — April 21, 1951
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