Thoughts from directors around the world.
The only hobby I had as a child was watching movies. Somehow I think I enjoy being involved in this business. I started as a scriptwriter and one day one of the producers asked me, “Do you want to make … Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, February 14, 2013
Film-making encompasses everything, from tricking people into investing in it, to putting on the show, to trying to distill down to moments in time, and ape reality but send this other message. It’s got everything. When I was a kid … Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, February 13, 2013
It’s a very hard line, as a filmmaker, to know when is too much. And I’m usually on the wrong side of it. —Darren Aronofsky Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, February 12, 2013
I am never quite sure whether I am one of the cinema’s elder statesman or just the oldest whore on the beat. —Joseph L. Mankiewicz Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, February 11, 2013
I want all of my films to belong to me. There is an audience out there for literate films—slower, more observant, more human films, and they deserve to be made. Which is why I want Sideways to succeed, to encourage other … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, February 10, 2013
If you live in France, for instance, and you have written one good book, or painted one good picture, or directed one outstanding film fifty years ago and nothing else since, you are still recognized and honored accordingly. People take … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, February 9, 2013
In Hollywood, the cameraman light the star. In Europe, he lights the set. —King Vidor Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, February 8, 2013
Films are created when there’s no one looking. They are invisible. What you can’t see of the Incredible and it’s the task of cinema to show you that. —Jean-Luc Godard Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, February 7, 2013
Cinema is an improvement on life. —FrançoisTruffaut Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, February 6, 2013
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