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Category: In Their Words

Thoughts from directors around the world.

In Their Words

In Their Words — Wednesday, May 15, 2013

May 15, 2013December 13, 2021 Michael J. Casey

We are now in a crisis of technology—we don’t know quite what a movie is. We are re-wiring our brains so we can live with the machines we’ve made. —Paul Schrader Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, May 15, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Tuesday, May 14, 2013

May 14, 2013December 13, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The script is what you’ve dreamed up-this is what it should be. The film is what you end up with. —George Lucas Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, May 14, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Monday, May 13, 2013

May 13, 2013December 13, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Directing was easy for me because I was a writer-director and did all my directing when I wrote the screenplay. It was probably harder for a regular director. He probably had to read the script the night before shooting started … Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, May 13, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Sunday, May 12, 2013

May 12, 2013December 13, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I set out to challenge myself with each movie, and having to do a period film was a huge challenge. How to do it in a fresh way, and from the point of view of a strange girl in a … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, May 12, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Saturday, May 11, 2013

May 11, 2013December 13, 2021 Michael J. Casey

When I’m in the process of making a movie I’m not thinking about the finished result, and whether people have to see it once or more than once, and what the reaction to it will be. I just make it, … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, May 11, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Friday, May 10, 2013

May 10, 2013December 13, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Directing ain’t about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn’t want to go to film school. I didn’t know what the point was. The fact is, you don’t know what directing is until the … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, May 10, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Thursday, May 9, 2013

May 9, 2013December 13, 2021 Michael J. Casey

You can’t make films about things, you can only make films with things, with people, with light, with flowers, with mirrors, with blood, in fact with all the fantastic things which make life worth living. —Rainer Werner Fassbinder Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, May 9, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Wednesday, May 8, 2013

May 8, 2013December 13, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I try to capture reality, nothing else. —Roberto Rossellini Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, May 8, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Tuesday, May 7, 2013

May 7, 2013December 13, 2021 Michael J. Casey

When I first saw Citizen Kane I was certain that never in my life had I loved a person the way I loved that film. —François Truffaut Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, May 7, 2013

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