In Their Words — Tuesday, June 11, 2013
No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul. —Ingmar Bergman Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Category: In Their Words
Thoughts from directors around the world.
In Their Words — Monday, June 10, 2013
My dentist said to me the other day: I’ve enough problems in my life, so why should I see your films? —David Cronenberg Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, June 10, 2013
In Their Words — Sunday, June 9, 2013
It took a Jew to make a really good movie about Christ. —William Wyler Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, June 9, 2013
In Their Words — Saturday, June 8, 2013
I am not a theoretician of the cinema. If you ask me what directing is, the first answer that comes into my head is that I don’t know. The second, all my opinions on the subject are in my films. … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, June 8, 2013
In Their Words — Friday, June 7, 2013
I look at film as closer to a painting or a piece of music; it’s an impression . . . an impression of character and total atmosphere . . . The attempt is to enlist an audience emotionally, not intellectually. … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, June 7, 2013
In Their Words — Thursday, June 6, 2013
You like these films, but you can’t imagine how often they represent only fifty percent of what I wanted to do. You have no idea how I had to fight to achieve even that fifty percent. —Nicholas Ray Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, June 6, 2013
In Their Words — Wednesday, June 5, 2013
You gotta make your own way. You gotta find a way. You gotta get it done. It’s hard. It’s tough. That’s what I tell my students every day in class. I’ve been very fortunate. Some people might call me a … Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, June 5, 2013
In Their Words — Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Audiences want good movies-films that entertain them, films that move them to tears. It doesn’t matter if they’re made by artists with a more unconventional mindset, or by people with a more traditional mindset. The executives who were here before … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, June 4, 2013
In Their Words — Monday, June 3, 2013
I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in film. —Alain Resnais Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, June 3, 2013
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