Thoughts from directors around the world.
I love silent cinema but don’t hold it sacred. Like any branch of film there are some very boring films alongside the masterpieces. —Michel Hazanavicius Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, June 29, 2013
Immortality is a by-product of good work. Masterpieces are not for artists, they’re for critics. Critics can’t even make music by rubbing their back legs together. My message to the world is, Let’s swing, sing, shout, make noise! Let’s not … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, June 28, 2013
I always said that I never wanted to be anybody’s assistant but if, for example, Ken Loach were to ask me, then I’d willingly make him coffee. I saw Kes at film school and I knew then that I’d willingly … Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, June 27, 2013
You have to be a brat in order to carve out your parameters, and you have to be a monster to anyone who gets in your way. But sometimes it’s difficult to know when that’s necessary and when you’re just … Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, June 26, 2013
All I want to do is get better and quantity can help me to solve my problems. I’m thrilled by the idea that I’m not even sure how many films I’ve done. If I don’t have a script I adore, … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, June 25, 2013
I am a Communist, certainly, but that doesn’t mean I have to make films about the wheat harvest. —Claude Chabrol Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, June 24, 2013
I believe the best way to examine anything is to go to a dark place. You can’t be a storyteller and a speechwriter at the same time. —Joss Whedon Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, June 23, 2013
A bad play folds and is forgotten, but in pictures we don’t bury our dead. When you think it’s out of your system, your daughter sees it on television and says, “My father is an idiot.” —Billy Wilder Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, June 22, 2013
Do you know that I always liked Hollywood very much? It just wasn’t reciprocated. —Orson Welles Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, June 21, 2013
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