Thoughts from directors around the world.
In the fine arts, in music, literature, and cinema, it is possible to reach a deeper stratum of truth—a poetic, ecstatic truth, which is mysterious and can only be grasped with effort; one attains it through vision, style, and craft. … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, October 20, 2012
I don’t want people to sit there and objectively watch the film. I want them to experience it as something that’s under their skin. —Danny Boyle Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, October 19, 2012
My part of the work is to make the film. Your part is to find something in the film, or perhaps not. For me it’s always important to hear viewers’ interpretations. They turn out to be very different to my … Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, October 18, 2012
People will say, “There are a million ways to shoot a scene,” but I don’t think so. I think there’re two, maybe. And the other one is wrong. —David Fincher Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, October 17, 2012
When I’m asked who my audience is, I say someone with an open mind, which is not a vacant one and sometimes a liberal mind is not the same thing as an open one. —Todd Solondz Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, October 16, 2012
If I’d only stayed in the theater, I could have worked steadily, without stopping for all these years. But, having made one film, I decided that it was the best and most beautiful form that I knew and one that … Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, October 15, 2012
I live cinema. I chose the cinema when I was very young, sixteen years old, and from this time on, my memories almost coincide with the history of cinema. I am not a film director with a personal style, I … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, October 14, 2012
There’s this inherent screenplay structure that everyone seems to be stuck on, this three-act thing. It doesn’t really interest me. To me, it’s kind of like saying, “Well, when you do a painting, you always need to have sky here, … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, October 13, 2012
People have forgotten how to relate or respond; what I’m trying to do with my movies is build something audiences can respond to. —John Cassavetes Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, October 12, 2012
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