If we can make films that are useful as well as entertaining, marvelous. But cinema must reflect the temper of the times. We must choose material not only on the basis of whether we feel deeply, but on whether or … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, January 19, 2013
When I write a script, I have the entire film in my head, so when we start shooting, I just do it. I’m more interested in the editing process, so I tend to shoot in a hurry. Maybe you don’t … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, January 18, 2013
The more Keystone comedies I make, the more convinced I become that comedy is an art, and a high one at that. If those who are inclined to scoff at me will try their hand at directing just one of … Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, January 17, 2013
I think of the medium as a people-to-people medium, not cameraman-to-people, not direction-to-people, not writers-to-people, but people-to-people… You can only involve an audience with people. You can’t involve them with gimmicks, with sunsets, with hand-held cameras, zoom shots, or anything … Continue reading In Their Word — Wednesday, January 16, 2013
People tell me that I make films about reality, they’re wrong. I make films based on structures that I have thought up. —Hong Sang-soo Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, January 15, 2013
I think it’s a real privilege to make a living doing this job. It’s a great job—the best I can think of, actually. You walk into a room and say, “I’m imagining this,” and they give you millions of dollars … Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, January 14, 2013
Anyone who lives, as I do, in a world of imagination must make an enormous and unnatural effort to be factual in the ordinary sense. I confess I would be a horrible witness in court because of this—and a terrible … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, January 13, 2013
When you go to a mystery film and they tie it all up at the end—to me, that’s a real letdown. In a mystery, somehow in the middle it’s all opened up, and you can go out to infinity trying … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, January 12, 2013
Give them pleasure — the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare. —Alfred Hitchcock Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, January 11, 2013
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