I don’t believe truth is conveyed by style and presentation. I don’t think that if it was grainy and full of handheld material, it would be any more truthful. Oddly enough, people don’t want truth. They want to avoid having … Continue reading Born On This Day — February 5, 1948
Could I have worked under a system where there were Draconian controls on my creativity, meaning budget, time, script choices, etc.? Definitely not. I would have fared poorly under the old studio system that guys like Howard Hawks did so … Continue reading Born On This Day — February 5, 1943
My agent had told me that he was going to make me the Janet Gaynor of England—I was going to play all the sweet roles. Whereupon, at the tender age of thirteen, I set upon the path of playing nothing … Continue reading Born On This Day — February 4, 1918
A Danish critic said to me one day, “I have the impression that there are at least six of your films that are stylistically completely different, one from the other.” That moved me, for that is something I really tried … Continue reading Born On This Day — February 3, 1889
Of the twenty-four categories, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences devotes three to honor achievement in a short subject: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Submissions must be less than 40 minutes in length and have held a seven-day … Continue reading THE OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT SUBJECTS — DOCUMENTARY
I didn’t show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk. —John Ford Continue reading Born On This Day — February 01, 1894
I went hat in hand to the money guys for years. Just couldn’t do it anymore. Decided to write smaller stories and never looked back. —Edward Burns Continue reading Born On This Day — January 29, 1968
I let the audience use their imaginations. Can I help it if they misconstrue my suggestions? —Ernst Lubitsch Continue reading Born On This Day — January 28, 1892
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