Personally I am very pessimistic. But when, for instance, one of my staff has a baby you can’t help but bless them for a good future. Because I can’t tell that child, “Oh, you shouldn’t have come into this life.” … Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, September 26, 2012
It’s all exploitation. I mean, it is if you’re honest about it. You pick up a camera and point it at someone, you are exploiting them. I don’t care who you are. The issue to me is what is the … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The camera is the director’s sketching pencil. It should be as mobile as possible to catch every fleeting mood. It must whirl and peep and move from place to place as swiftly as thought itself. —F.W. Murnau Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, September 24, 2012
The cinema is the greatest means of expression ever invented. But it is an illusion more powerful than any other and it should therefore be in the hands of the magicians and wizards who can bring it to life. —King … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, September 23, 2012
If there’s specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can’t change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies. —Kathryn Bigelow Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, September 22, 2012
It’s the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, September 21, 2012
Cinema is a matter of what’s in the frame and what’s out. —Martin Scorsese Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Compliance is the second feature from writer/director Craig Zobel. It is a movie of faceless authority and how helpless we can be to it. Right out of the gate, we are told that the movie is “inspired by true events.” The … Continue reading COMPLIANCE
If a story doesn’t give you a hard-on in the first couple of scenes, throw it in the goddamned garbage. —Samuel Fuller Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, September 18, 2012
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