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 In Their Words — Monday, April 29, 2013
As far as I can remember, being a celebrity has never helped me make a good picture, or a good shot in a polo game, or command the obedience of my daughter, or impress my wife. It doesn’t even seem … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, April 28, 2013
The great innovators have always been fearless . . . I have fallen off haystacks, out of trees, over cliffs. I have been nearly drowned, shot and hanged. I have been in countless car crashes without getting a scratch. I … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, April 27, 2013
So slowly in my mind formed the idea of melodrama, a form I found to perfection in American pictures. They were naive, they were that something completely different. They were completely Art-less. —Douglas Sirk Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, April 26, 2013
I film quite a bit of footage, then edit. Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can’t. My attitude is always let it keep rolling. —Terrence Malick Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, April 25, 2013
In motion pictures, the actor rules. The camera serves the actor. —Richard Donner Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Make the audience sentimental instead of the player. Make the audience act. —Frank Borzage Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, April 23, 2013
You see the world much better through a camera. —Louis Malle Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, April 22, 2013
A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper. —Stanley Kubrick Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, April 21, 2013
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