Thoughts from directors around the world.
Unlike all the other art forms, film is able to seize and render the passage of time, to stop it, almost to possess it in infinity. I’d say that film is the sculpting of time. —Andrei Tarkovsky Continue reading In Their Words — December 13, 2012
I don’t think the film has a grammar. I don’t think film has but one form. If a good film results, then that film has created its own grammar. —Yasujirō Ozu Continue reading In Their Words — December 12, 2012
I think that certain people overestimate the power of a director. A film is the result of teamwork. But the director has certain powers. Permit me to tell you a story. When Fury was finished, the producer asked me into … Continue reading In Their Words — December 11, 2012
Just like a painter who does not use colours, but their correlation; blue is blue in itself, but next to green, red or yellow, it is not the same blue anymore: it changes. The aim is for the film to … Continue reading In Their Words — December 10, 2012
They live with anger and hostility and problems. And lack of money, you know, tremendous disappointments in their life. So what they need is a philosophy. What I think everybody needs is a way to say, “Where and how can … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, December 9, 2012
In conjuring you work under the attentive gaze of the public, who never fail to spot a suspicious movement. You are alone, their eyes never leave you. Failure would not be tolerated… While in cinema… you can do your confecting … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, December 8, 2012
Your film is like your children. You might want a child with certain qualities, but you are never going to get the exact specification right. The film has a privilege to live its own life and develop its own character. … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, December 7, 2012
Film is a dramatized reality and it is the director’s job to make it appear real… an audience should not be conscious of technique. —David Lean Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, December 6, 2012
I’d rather entertain and hope that people learn, than teach and hope that people are entertained. —Walt Disney Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, December 5, 2012
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