Star Trek Into Darkness begins with an action set piece, dropping the audience right in the middle of chaos. Reminiscent of a James Bond or an Indiana Jones pre-credit sequence, Spock is trying to diffuse an erupting volcano while Captain Kirk … Continue reading STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS
I am often asked if there is anything special I do to make my films understood by foreigners. I reply that I am making my films as a Japanese as honestly as I can. So these films are understood by … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write “War and Peace” in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are … Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, May 20, 2013
The theater is like a faithful wife. The film is the great adventure—the costly, exacting mistress. —Ingmar Bergman Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, May 19, 2013
At a seminar with film students in the 1970s, Capra was asked if there was still a way to make movies about the kinds of values and ideals found in the Capra films. Well, if there isn’t,” he said, “we might as well give up. Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, May 18, 2013
Expand or die.” “Go big or get out.” These two mantras not only describe what motivates the modern-day farmer, they actually speak to the average American’s desire to conquer. They might even resonate more than Danny Lugo’s mantra from Pain and … Continue reading AT ANY PRICE
I am just a middle-class farm boy from Dodge City and my grandparents were wheat farmers. I thought painting, acting, directing and photography was all part of being an artist. I have made my money that way. And I have … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, May 17, 2013
It was only when I passed 40, that I understood the human truths I want to express in my films. —Kenji Mizoguchi Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, May 16, 2013
We are now in a crisis of technology—we don’t know quite what a movie is. We are re-wiring our brains so we can live with the machines we’ve made. —Paul Schrader Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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