I just knew that if you engaged the audience with a promise that something would develop, you were in business. If not, you had to contrive automatic ridiculousness continuously. Comedy, in this sense, is all about preparation. Things have to … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 18, 1904
I follow the general fashion in ordinary manners and moral laws in serious matters, but in art I follow myself. Therefore I won’t do anything I don’t want to do. Even if something is unnatural and I like it, I’ll … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 12, 1903
It was 1983 when British filmmaker Alex Cox turned in his first feature film to Universal Studios. That same week, Cox optioned the rights to one of his favorite science-fiction novels for a future project. The movie was Repo Man. The book … Continue reading BILL THE GALACTIC HERO
I’m taking a gamble making the film. I don’t have any money. I just go to the bank and borrow it. And hope. But what isn’t risky about movies? It’s always risky when it’s original… It’s a very dangerous territory … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 9, 1929
The camera I was using in the beginning, a rudimentary affair in which the film would tear or would often refuse to move, produced an unexpected effect one day when I was photographing very prosaically the Place de l’Opera. It … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 8, 1861
There were giants in the industry. Now it is an era of midgets and conglomerates. —Otto Preminger Continue reading Born On This Day — December 5, 1905
I think that a film should have a good story, a clear story, and it should have, if possible, something which is probably the most difficult thing—it should have a little bit of magic. Magic being untouchable and very difficult … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 5, 1902
I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing—that it all started with a mouse. I’m not interested in pleasing the critics. I’ll take my chances pleasing the audiences. It’s kind of fun to do the impossible. —Walt … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 5, 1901
Each picture has some sort of rhythm which only the director can give it. He has to be like the captain of a ship. —Fritz Lang Continue reading Born On This Day — December 5, 1890
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