I don’t believe in inspiration that arrives like a bolt from the blue—if it doesn’t also arise from your body and your immediate lived experience. That’s why I always refer to ‘subjective documentary’. It seems to me that the more … Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, May 30, 2013
I was in jail four and a half years. When I came out, I continued the same struggle against injustice, but instead of using weapons, I began to use art and cinema. —Mohsen Makhmalbaf Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Other college kids had to vandalize government buildings. All we had to do to rebel was go to movies. —Paul Schrader Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, May 28, 2013
I’ve come to like the term “poetic film.” Now there are dangers in it. Poetry is a totally different art than film. But it separates what my contemporaries and I do from the Hollywood movie, in a way that doesn’t assume that one … Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, May 27, 2013
I can’t think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography. I was very glad later when I was directing that I wasn’t in the hands of a cinematographer and hoping that he would do it well. I … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, May 26, 2013
There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn’t do that. I’m not a pro. —Martin Scorsese Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, May 25, 2013
If you’ll ever listen to some people who are talking, especially in a scene of any excitement, they all talk at the same time. All it needs is a little extra work on the dialog. You put a few words … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, May 24, 2013
I don’t care about stories. I never did. Every story is the same. We have no new stories. We’re just repeating the same ones. I really don’t think, when you do a movie that you have to think about the … Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, May 23, 2013
Of all the things I’ve done in life, directing a motion picture is the most beautiful. It’s the most exciting and the nearest than an interpretive craftsman, such as an actor can possibly get to being a creator. —Laurence Olivier Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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