I don’t think that writers or painters or filmmakers function because they have something they particularly want to say. They have something that they feel. And they like the art form; they like words, or the smell of paint, or … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, June 14, 2013
I have a desire to tell stories. And I’m never quite satisfied. —Martin Scorsese Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, June 13, 2013
Good films aren’t made by conscious deliberation but rather by an inner passion. —Kenji Mizoguchi Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Frances (Greta Gerwig) is a bit of a mess. She is trying to make her way in the world, but she doesn’t have the first clue about how to do it. Owning not much more than a laptop, a stack … Continue reading FRANCES HA
No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul. —Ingmar Bergman Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, June 11, 2013
My dentist said to me the other day: I’ve enough problems in my life, so why should I see your films? —David Cronenberg Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, June 10, 2013
It took a Jew to make a really good movie about Christ. —William Wyler Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, June 9, 2013
I am not a theoretician of the cinema. If you ask me what directing is, the first answer that comes into my head is that I don’t know. The second, all my opinions on the subject are in my films. … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, June 8, 2013
I look at film as closer to a painting or a piece of music; it’s an impression . . . an impression of character and total atmosphere . . . The attempt is to enlist an audience emotionally, not intellectually. … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, June 7, 2013
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