Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second and you can hop from one place to another. It’s a language made of image. And in the … Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, March 6, 2013
The mark which has dominated all my work is the longing for life, this sense of exclusion, which doesn’t lessen, but augments this love of life. —Pier Paolo Pasolini Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, March 5, 2013
I’ve lost all my money on these films. They are not commercial. But I’m glad to lose it this way. To have for a souvenir of my life pictures like Umberto D. and The Bicycle Thief. —Vittorio De Sica Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, March 4, 2013
An artist, if he’s unselfish and passionate, is always a living protest. Just to open his mouth is to protest: against conformism, against what is official, public, or national, what everyone else feels comfortable with, so the moment he opens … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, March 3, 2013
I do not want to make beautiful films, I want to make useful films. —Roberto Rossellini Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, March 2, 2013
I never did much advance planning. I’d get all the people on the set before me, and when they were all there, that’s when I’d start to think and go to town. I only used one camera; I didn’t need any more … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, March 1, 2013
Abbas Kiarostami is an Iranian filmmaker who has been working quite prolifically since the early 1970s. Up to 2008, all of his films took place in Iran and walked a neo-realist line. Since then, he has left his native country … Continue reading LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE
It’s the story that counts. —Vincente Minnelli Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, February 28, 2013
If you want to make pictures and enjoy making them, you better go out and make something that a lot of people want to see. And then they’ll turn you lose and let you make what you want. And then … Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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