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Category: In Their Words

Thoughts from directors around the world.

In Their Words

In Their Words — Sunday, March 31, 2013

March 31, 2013December 18, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The only condition of fighting for the right to create is faith in your own vocation, readiness to serve, and refusal to compromise. —Andrei Tarkovsky Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, March 31, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Saturday, March 30, 2013

March 30, 2013December 18, 2021 Michael J. Casey

We directors have a very large responsibility. We have it in our hands to lift the film from industry to art, and, therefore, we must go to our work with seriousness, we must want something, we must dare something, and … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, March 30, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Friday, March 29, 2013

March 29, 2013December 18, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The cinema began with a passionate relationship between celluloid and the artists and craftsmen and technicians who handled it, manipulated it, and came to know it in the way a lover comes to know every inch of the body of … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, March 29, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Thursday, March 28, 2013

March 28, 2013December 18, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I think I have made just one picture that I really like, and that is Winter Light. That is my only picture about which I feel that I have started here and ended there and that everything along the way … Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, March 28, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Wednesday, March 27, 2013

March 27, 2013December 18, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I’m lucky enough to be in the position where I don’t make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; … Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, March 27, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Tuesday, March 26, 2013

March 26, 2013December 18, 2021 Michael J. Casey

You can’t show everything. If you do, it’s no longer art. Art lies in suggestion. The great difficulty for filmmakers is precisely not to show things. Ideally, nothing should be shown, but that’s impossible. —Robert Bresson Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, March 26, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Monday, March 25, 2013

March 25, 2013December 18, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I wouldn’t take the advice of a lot of so-called critics on how to shoot a close-up of a teapot. —David Lean Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, March 25, 2013

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In Their Words — Sunday, March 24, 2013

March 24, 2013December 18, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The saving grace of the cinema is that with patience and a little love we may arrive at that wonderfully complex creature which is called man. —Jean Renoir Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, March 24, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Saturday, March 23, 2013

March 23, 2013December 18, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied… That’s why they can keep on working. I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, March 23, 2013

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