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Boulder Weekly, Cinema 101

Cinema 101

September 21, 2022September 20, 2022 Michael J. Casey

I guess you could say the low point arrived on March 27, 2022, with the broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards. No, the “slap heard ’round the world” wasn’t it—though that cast a pall over the proceedings, didn’t it?—but the … Continue reading Cinema 101

In Their Words

Born On This Day — October 20, 1917

October 20, 2014October 28, 2021 Michael J. Casey

You really create a film in the editing room, in the silence and night… For me paradise consists in writing the script all alone at home and then in editing it. But I hate the shoot. All this time wasted … Continue reading Born On This Day — October 20, 1917

In Their Words

Born On This Day — October 20

October 20, 2013December 7, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I don’t want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them. At this time of the year you think about awards and if you want to win one you think you should … Continue reading Born On This Day — October 20

In Their Words

In Their Words — Monday, March 11, 2013

March 11, 2013December 19, 2021 Michael J. Casey

So do we have to stick forever to the rules, followed a thousand times, which, year in year out, produce five good films? Can we not try something new? Can we not learn from the lessons of the past and … Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, March 11, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Sunday, October 21, 2012

October 21, 2012December 27, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I’m not interested in realism. All my films hinge on the fantastic. I’m not a documentarian; a film is first and foremost a dream, and it’s absurd to copy life in an attempt to produce an exact re-creation of it. … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, October 21, 2012

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