Thoughts from directors around the world.
I love the idea of not being an independent filmmaker. I’ve liked working within the system. And I’ve admired a lot of older directors who were sort of “directors for hire.” Like Victor Fleming was in a contract all those years to Metro and … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, December 4, 2012
The cinema is not an art which films life: the cinema is something between art and life. Unlike painting and literature, the cinema both gives to life and takes from it, and I try to render this concept in my … Continue reading In Their Words — December 3, 2012
I think in fact that unless there is an organic link between the subjective impressions of the author and his objective representation of reality, he will not achieve even superficial credibility, let alone authenticity and inner truth. —Andrei Tarkovsky Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, December 2, 2012
For some reason I’m more appreciated in France than I am back home. The subtitles must be incredibly good. —Woody Allen Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, December 01, 2012
There’s a good many pictures I’d like to make, we’ll see how many I’ll be allowed to make. —Terrence Malick Continue reading In Their Words — November 30, 2012
I can almost set my watch by how I’m going to feel at different stages of the process. It’s always identical, whether the movie ends up working or not. I think when you watch the dailies, the film that you … Continue reading In Their Words — November 29, 2012
When I was 7, I saw The Making of ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’. Hearing George Roy Hill talk about all the choices he made, I knew that directing movies was what I wanted to do. I remember seeing … Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, November 28, 2012
I did a women’s movie, and I’m not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I’m not gay. I learned as I went along. —Ang Lee Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, November 27, 2012
If it’s a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on. —Alfred Hitchcock Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, November 26, 2012
Michael J. Cinema 
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