In Their Words — Tuesday, August 13, 2013
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. —Alfred Hitchcock Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Category: In Their Words
Thoughts from directors around the world.
In Their Words — Monday, August 12, 2013
I grew up believing that people make things move, like the word “movie”. The world, like a moving picture, was moving forward. I wanted to advance, too, as rapidly as my quick mind and fast legs would carry me. I … Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, August 12, 2013
In Their Words — Sunday, August 11, 2013
I would like in my films to be able to render perceptible to an audience a feeling of a man’s soul and also the presence of something superior to man which can be called God. —Robert Bresson Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, August 11, 2013
In Their Words — Saturday, August 10, 2013
I have always been trusting my audience to have imagination. Otherwise they should stay out of the cinema. You have to leave something open. The moment you start preaching in a film, the moment you want to teach your audience, … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, August 10, 2013
In Their Words — Friday, August 9, 2013
Actually making films has taught us a lot:It is as much trouble to make a bad films as a good one.Our most sincere film can seem phony.The films we do with our left hands may become worldwide hits.A perfectly ordinary … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, August 9, 2013
In Their Words — Thursday, August 8, 2013
I think about a film almost continuously. I try to visualize it and I try to work out every conceivable variation of ideas which might exist with respect to the various scenes, but I have found that when you finally … Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, August 8, 2013
In Their Words — Wednesday, August 7, 2013
If it were all in the script, why make the film? —Nicholas Ray Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, August 7, 2013
In Their Words — Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Gena and I are freaks. We are. We’re absolutely freakishly obsessed with wanting to convey something that is very hard for us to express in our life. To dig deeply into the way things are, through people, is what I … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, August 6, 2013
In Their Words — Monday, August 5, 2013
I have great admiration for Fellini and Bergman, who create their own films. But I’m eclectic. I like doing one thing very different from another. I don’t even recognize a style in my work. If there is a style, it’s … Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, August 5, 2013
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