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Category: In Their Words

Thoughts from directors around the world.

In Their Words

In Their Words — Monday, October 29, 2012

October 29, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I’m accused of being vulgar, so much the better. That proves I’m closer to life. —Billy Wilder Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, October 29, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Sunday, October 28, 2012

October 28, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Everyone who makes films has to be an athlete to a certain degree because cinema does not come from abstract academic thinking; it comes from your knees and thighs. —Werner Herzog Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, October 28, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Saturday, October 27, 2012

October 27, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The lasting and ultimately most important reputation of a film is not based on reviews, but on what, if anything, people say about it over the years, and on how much affection for it they have. —Stanley Kubrick Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, October 27, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Friday, October 26, 2012

October 26, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

It’s all just one film to me. Just different chapters. —Robert Altman Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, October 26, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Thursday, October 25, 2012

October 25, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The eye solicited alone makes the ear impatient, the ear solicited alone makes the eye impatient. Use these impatiences. —Robert Bresson Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, October 25, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Wednesday, October 24, 2012

October 24, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The camera is more than a recorder, it’s a microscope. It penetrates, it goes into people and you see their most private and concealed thoughts. —Elia Kazan Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, October 24, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Tuesday, October 23, 2012

October 23, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Some films are slices of life. Mine are slices of cake. —Alfred Hitchcock Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, October 23, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Monday, October 22, 2012

October 22, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something. —Frank Capra Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, October 22, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Sunday, October 21, 2012

October 21, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I’m not interested in realism. All my films hinge on the fantastic. I’m not a documentarian; a film is first and foremost a dream, and it’s absurd to copy life in an attempt to produce an exact re-creation of it. … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, October 21, 2012

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