Thoughts from directors around the world.
When I was a critic, I thought that a successful film had simultaneously to express an idea of the world and an idea of cinema; La Regle du Jeu and Citizen Kane corresponded to this definition perfectly. Today, I demand … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, August 4, 2013
I’ve done every job there is to do on a movie set except makeup. Wait a minute, I’ve done makeup. I’ve done every job there is to do on a movie set except hairdressing. —John Landis Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, August 3, 2013
If I were interested in reality, I’d be making documentaries. —Wes Craven Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, August 2, 2013
I don’t want to be known for one thing. I don’t want to have an adjective based around my name. “Lynchian,” I know what that is, I know what “Kubrickian” is, and I know what “Bergmanesque” means. But there isn’t … Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, August 1, 2013
I think it’s accumulated. If it’s trained, it’s trained from my own films. You can imagine the tension in a scene, or the warmth, or the humor. I think I know the size of the frame, and I think I … Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Directing is really creating an atmosphere, a particular kind of atmosphere and usually one that is very peculiar to the director. It doesn’t necessarily have to be. Some directors have no personality and it shows. But one way or another, … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world. —Jean-Luc Godard Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, July 29, 2013
Even my failures make money and become classics a year after I make them. —Alfred Hitchcock Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, July 28, 2013
The longer I live, the less I trust ideas, the more I trust emotions. —Louis Malle Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, July 27, 2013
Michael J. Cinema 
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