In Their Words — Friday, March 8, 2013
I’d rather people feel a film before understanding it. I’d rather feelings arise before intellect. —Robert Bresson Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, March 8, 2013
In Their Words — Thursday, March 7, 2013
For me, from the moment when the first, still unformed, idea comes into my head until the projection of the rushes, the process of making a film constitutes a single piece of work. I mean that I cannot become interested … Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, March 7, 2013
In Their Words — Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second and you can hop from one place to another. It’s a language made of image. And in the … Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, March 6, 2013
In Their Words — Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The mark which has dominated all my work is the longing for life, this sense of exclusion, which doesn’t lessen, but augments this love of life. —Pier Paolo Pasolini Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, March 5, 2013
In Their Words — Monday, March 4, 2013
I’ve lost all my money on these films. They are not commercial. But I’m glad to lose it this way. To have for a souvenir of my life pictures like Umberto D. and The Bicycle Thief. —Vittorio De Sica Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, March 4, 2013
In Their Words — Sunday, March 3, 2013
An artist, if he’s unselfish and passionate, is always a living protest. Just to open his mouth is to protest: against conformism, against what is official, public, or national, what everyone else feels comfortable with, so the moment he opens … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, March 3, 2013
In Their Words — Saturday, March 2, 2013
I do not want to make beautiful films, I want to make useful films. —Roberto Rossellini Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, March 2, 2013
In Their Words — Friday, March 1, 2013
I never did much advance planning. I’d get all the people on the set before me, and when they were all there, that’s when I’d start to think and go to town. I only used one camera; I didn’t need any more … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, March 1, 2013
LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE
Abbas Kiarostami is an Iranian filmmaker who has been working quite prolifically since the early 1970s. Up to 2008, all of his films took place in Iran and walked a neo-realist line. Since then, he has left his native country … Continue reading LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE
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