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Author: Michael J. Casey

In Their Words

In Their Words — Thursday, November 22, 2012

November 22, 2012December 25, 2021 Michael J. Casey

There’s a side of me that always fell for manic things, frenzied, cartoony performances. I always liked sideshows, freakshows. Jerry Lewis was a freakshow… Absolutely grotesque, awful, tasteless. I like things to be tasteless. —Terry Gilliam Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, November 22, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Wednesday, November 21, 2012

November 21, 2012December 25, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The kinds of landscape I try to find in my films…exist only in our dreams. For me a true landscape is not just a representation of a desert or a forest. It shows an inner state of mind, literally inner … Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, November 21, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Tuesday, November 20, 2012

November 20, 2012December 25, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to. As an artist, I feel that we must try many things—but above all we must dare to fail. You must be willing to … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, November 20, 2012

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In Their Words — Monday, November 19, 2012

November 19, 2012December 25, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I don’t think much of technique, or making technique a part of things. If you find a new way to catch life, nature, this could change details, but not the whole. I don’t think so much of what I do … Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, November 19, 2012

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In Their Words — Sunday, November 18, 2012

November 18, 2012December 25, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I’ve always been a very serious-minded person, but people don’t know it, really, they’re always puzzled by my films, that there’s usually something going on in the film besides what you’re looking at, which is of course, the contact with the … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, November 18, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Saturday, November 17, 2012

November 17, 2012December 25, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I don’t really see a conflict between the church and the movies, the sacred and the profane. Obviously, there are major differences, but I can also see great similarities between a church and a movie house. Both are places for … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, November 17, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Friday, November 15, 2012

November 16, 2012December 25, 2021 Michael J. Casey

When a filmmaker does not make films it is as if he is jailed. Even when he is freed from the small jail, he finds himself wandering in a larger jail. The main question is: why should it be a … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, November 15, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Thursday, November 15, 2012

November 15, 2012December 25, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Filmmakers don’t work for posterity. We create with celluloid and chemical pigments that don’t last very long. They fade away. In 200 years there will be nothing left of our work but dust. —Louis Malle Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, November 15, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Wednesday, November 14, 2012

November 14, 2012December 25, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Life is very, very complicated, and so films should be allowed to be, too. —David Lynch Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, November 14, 2012

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