Oz the Great and Powerful, like The Wizard of Oz, begins in Kansas at the turn of the century. Oscar (James Franco) is a stage magician in a traveling circus act. Using the stage name Oz, he puts on basic circus … Continue reading OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL
Personally, I think that television means solitude while cinema means community. In the cinema, the tension is between the screen and the whole audience and not only between the screen and you. It makes an enormous difference. That is why … Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Directing films is nice, but going to the movies is so much better. —Alain Resnais Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, March 12, 2013
So do we have to stick forever to the rules, followed a thousand times, which, year in year out, produce five good films? Can we not try something new? Can we not learn from the lessons of the past and … Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, March 11, 2013
It is the unique power of cinema to allow a great many people to dream the same dream together and to present illusions to us as if it were strict reality. It is, in short, an admirable vehicle for poetry. … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, March 10, 2013
My point is not to take a character and cast it in a way that the character will become absolutely clear and deliver a signal that’ll be perceptible for everybody. I am more in the business of stirring up doubts … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, March 9, 2013
Based on the novel by Rudolfo Ayana, Bless Me, Ultima is set in the post-WWII world of New Mexico. Director Carl Franklin films this world with a steady hand, moving along gracefully, not rushing anywhere or hurrying toward any particular conclusion. Typically, … Continue reading BLESS ME, ULTIMA
I’d rather people feel a film before understanding it. I’d rather feelings arise before intellect. —Robert Bresson Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, March 8, 2013
For me, from the moment when the first, still unformed, idea comes into my head until the projection of the rushes, the process of making a film constitutes a single piece of work. I mean that I cannot become interested … Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, March 7, 2013
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