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Category: In Their Words

Thoughts from directors around the world.

In Their Words

Born On This Day — September 15

September 15, 2013December 8, 2021 Michael J. Casey

My dream is of a craftsman’s cinema in which the author can express himself as directly as the painter in his paintings or the writer in his books. —Jean Renoir Continue reading Born On This Day — September 15

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Born On This Day — September 11

September 11, 2013December 8, 2021 Michael J. Casey

My films deal with a stylized, expressionistic world that has a kind of grotesque beauty about it. —Brian De Palma Continue reading Born On This Day — September 11

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Born On This Day — September 10

September 10, 2013December 8, 2021 Michael J. Casey

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Born On This Day — September 7

September 7, 2013December 8, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The process of writing and directing drives you to such extremes that it’s natural to feel an affinity with insanity. I approach that madness as something dangerous and I’m afraid, but also I want to go to it, to see … Continue reading Born On This Day — September 7

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Born On This Day — September 5

September 5, 2013December 8, 2021 Michael J. Casey

You should bear in mind that almost all my documentaries are feature films in disguise. Because I stylize, I invent, there’s a lot of fantasy in it—not for creating a fraud, but exactly the contrary, to create a deeper form … Continue reading Born On This Day — September 5

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Born On This Day — September 3

September 3, 2013December 8, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I try not to analyze the characters when I’m writing, but I’m very analytical in my life. —Noah Baumbach Continue reading Born On This Day — September 3

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Born On This Day — August 29

August 29, 2013December 8, 2021 Michael J. Casey

By the time a film of mine makes it into the theaters, I have a love-hate relationship with it. There is always something I could have done to make it better. —William Friedkin Continue reading Born On This Day — August 29

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Born On This Day — August 28

August 28, 2013December 9, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I don’t know how much movies should entertain. To me, I’m always interested in movies that scar. The thing I love about Jaws is the fact that I’ve never gone swimming in the ocean again. —David Fincher Continue reading Born On This Day — August 28

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Born On This Day — August 25

August 25, 2013December 9, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I’ve always loved the idea of fairy tales, but somehow I never managed to completely connect with them. What interests me is taking those classic images and themes and trying to contemporize them a bit. I believe folk tales and … Continue reading Born On This Day — August 25

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