I will always think of myself as a Hollywood director, not only because I grew up in the American film industry, but also because I believe in making films that will please a mass audience, and not just in making … Continue reading Born On This Day — April 29, 1907
Your camera is the best critic there is. Critics never see as much as the camera does. It is more perceptive than the human eye. These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not … Continue reading Born On This Day — April 26, 1897
Every decade, the British Film Institute conducts its Sight and Sound poll of the Greatest Movies Ever Made. In 2012, the top two films were familiar: Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo and Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, but third was a dark horse: Yasujirô Ozu’s 1953 masterpiece, Tokyo Story. If … Continue reading TOKYO STORY (東京物語)
I made Bowling for Columbine in the hope the school shootings would stop and that we would address the issue of how easy it is to get a gun in the United States and, tragically, those school shootings continue. I made … Continue reading Born On This Day — April 23, 1954
People talk about experimental film, avant-garde film, etc… But there is no experimental film or avant-garde film… There’s just film… in which some people make shit, some make soup, they make films like beans… and then some make highly refined … Continue reading Born On This Day — April 23, 1925
If there’s anything I know about directing, it’s how to make actors comfortable. It’s where I started and it’s what I know, and it’s what I love. I like when the actors are really partners and I want them to … Continue reading Born On This Day — April 21, 1963
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