In Their Words — Monday, July 8, 2013
The finished product is not finished when the actor is. The work is completed by a pair of shears. —Josef Von Sternberg Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, July 8, 2013
In Their Words — Sunday, July 7, 2013
You know, when talkies first came in they were fascinated by sound-they had frying eggs and they had this and that-and then people became infatuated with the movement of the camera; I believe, the big thing right now is to … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, July 7, 2013
In Their Words — Saturday, July 6, 2013
Why make a movie about something one understands completely? I make movies about things I do not understand, but wish to. —Seijun Suzuki Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, July 6, 2013
In Their Words — Friday, July 5, 2013
History consists of truths which in the end turn into lies, while myth consists of lies which finally turn into truths. —Jean Cocteau Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, July 5, 2013
THE LONE RANGER
The Lone Ranger, the tale of how John Reid (Armie Hammer) became The Ranger, is told to a young kid (Mason Elston Cook) by an elderly Tonto (Johnny Depp). Tonto plays fast and loose with perspective, apparently having intimate knowledge … Continue reading THE LONE RANGER
BADLANDS
In 1973, The New American Cinema was well underway. The French New Wave had blown the doors of cinema open as to what was possible, and American movies like Bonnie and Clyde (Penn, 1967) and The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah, 1969) had broken down … Continue reading BADLANDS
In Their Words — Thursday, July 4, 2013
Ninety-five per cent of films are born of frustration, of self-despair, of ambition for survival, for money, for fattening bank accounts. Five per cent, maybe less, are made because a man has an idea, an idea which he must express. … Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, July 4, 2013
In Their Words — Wednesday, July 3, 2013
The closer I get to my ending, the closer I am getting to rewriting my beginning. —Nicholas Ray Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, July 3, 2013
In Their Words — Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Oh, how I hate it, when directors are supposed to explain their films. —Paul Thomas Anderson Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, July 2, 2013
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