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Category: In Their Words

Thoughts from directors around the world.

In Their Words

In Their Words — Tuesday, September 4, 2012

September 3, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes. —Robert Altman Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, September 4, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Sunday, September 2, 2012

September 2, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The director’s task is to recreate life, it’s movement, it’s contradictions, it’s dynamic and conflicts. It is his duty to reveal every iota of the truth he has seen, even if not everyone finds that truth acceptable. —Andrei Tarkovsky Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, September 2, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Saturday, September 1, 2012

September 1, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

My movie is first born in my head, dies on paper; is resurrected by the living person and real objects I use, which are killed on film, but, placed in a certain order and projected on to a screen, come … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, September 1, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Friday, August 31, 2012

August 31, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to touch. —Stanley Kubrick Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, August 31, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Thursday, August 30, 2012

August 30, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this. —Martin Scorsese Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, August 30, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Wednesday, August 29, 2012

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

I want to express the strength of cinema to hide reality, while being entertaining. Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness. —Pedro Almodóvar Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, August 29, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Tuesday, August 28, 2012

August 28, 2012December 28, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I really don’t make a separation between film and commercials and music videos. To me they all come under the heading for me of cinema because I try to have a narrative in all three. The only difference is that … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, August 28, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Monday, August 27, 2012

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

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians. —Francis Ford Coppola Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, August 27, 2012

In Their Words

In Their Words — Sunday, August 26, 2012

August 26, 2012December 28, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The artist is the medium between his fantasies and the rest of the world. —Federico Fellini Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, August 26, 2012

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