Thoughts from directors around the world.
If everything was planned, it would be dreadful. If everything was unplanned, it would be equally dreadful. Cinema exists because there are elements of both in everything. There are elements of both in documentary. There are elements of both in … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, February 5, 2013
I’d love to see more women working as directors and producers. Today it’s almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power. . . I wouldn’t hesitate right this minute to hire a talented woman … Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, February 4, 2013
I’d prostitute my talents if it would further my cause, steal if there was no way out, killing my friends or anyone else if it would help my art. —Ingmar Bergman Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, February 3, 2013
One of the things that gave me the most confidence in trying to make a film was seeing all the lousy films that I saw. Because I sat there and thought, Well, I don’t know a goddamn thing about movies, … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, February 2, 2013
I love making pictures but I don’t like talking about them. —John Ford Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, February 1, 2013
I’m not bitter about Hollywood’s treatment of me, but over its treatment of D.W. Griffith, Josef von Sternberg, Erich von Stroheim, Buster Keaton, and a hundred others. —Orson Welles Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, January 31, 2013
Take myself, subtract movies, and the result is zero. —Akira Kurosawa Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, January 30, 2013
I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them. You have Woody Allen and Paul Mazursky making films about Jewish-Americans, you have Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola making films about Italian-Americans and you … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Any good movie is filled with secrets. If a director doesn’t leave anything unsaid, it’s a lousy picture. If a picture is good, it’s mysterious, with things unsaid. —Ernst Lubitsch Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, January 28, 2013
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