Thoughts from directors around the world.
Hollywood is the reason I make the films I do. Because I hate it. And I would never go there or waste my time watching their films because… well, I am a lousy film-maker, this I admit. But I refuse … Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Film is like a drug. It is a shelter when you cannot deal with reality. —Apichatpong Weerasethakul Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, July 16, 2013
People in life quote as they please, so we have the right to quote as we please. Therefore, I show people quoting, merely making sure that they quote what pleases me. —Jean-Luc Godard Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, July 15, 2013
I’ve had to learn everything about movies by myself. For the theater, I studied with a wonderful old man in Goteborg, where I spent four years. He was a hard, difficult man, but he knew the theater—and I learned from … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, July 14, 2013
I’m proudest of the fact that I’ve been able to make a few movies in the studio system that are slightly unorthodox and personal. But it’s never quite as easy as you dream that it could be. —Cameron Crowe Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, July 13, 2013
Some films that we admire discourage us, how can we do any better? But they’re not the best ones, the best ones open doors. Cinema seems to start and restart with them. —François Truffaut Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, July 12, 2013
All said, despite all the injustice done to me, I, Jafar Panahi, declare once again that I am an Iranian, I am staying in my country and I like to work in my own country. I love my country, I … Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, July 11, 2013
Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time. —Alfred Hitchcock Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, July 10, 2013
I’ve been in meetings where I can feel it slipping away, where I can feel like there are ideas I’m tossing out are, I don’t know, they’re too scary or they’re too weird, and I can feel the thing, I … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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