I’m taking a gamble making the film. I don’t have any money. I just go to the bank and borrow it. And hope. But what isn’t risky about movies? It’s always risky when it’s original… It’s a very dangerous territory … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 9, 1929
1959: Fourteen years after the war ended and five years before The Beatles played The Ed Sullivan Show, the cinema started to go democratic. Cameras were smaller, weighed less, and were cheaper, thereby allowing independent directors to make movies they wanted to … Continue reading Film/STILL 1959
In the last couple of decades or so, something has happened to the American dream. I don’t quite know what it is, and it’s still not very clear in my mind. Confusion has replaced patriotism. The intellect has replaced love. … Continue reading Born On This Day — December 9
Gena and I are freaks. We are. We’re absolutely freakishly obsessed with wanting to convey something that is very hard for us to express in our life. To dig deeply into the way things are, through people, is what I … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, August 6, 2013
People have forgotten how to relate or respond; what I’m trying to do with my movies is build something audiences can respond to. —John Cassavetes Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, July 25, 2013
When I started making films, I wanted to make Frank Capra pictures. But I’ve never been able to make anything but these crazy, tough pictures. You are what you are. —John Cassavetes Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, April 12, 2013
They live with anger and hostility and problems. And lack of money, you know, tremendous disappointments in their life. So what they need is a philosophy. What I think everybody needs is a way to say, “Where and how can … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, December 9, 2012
The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to. As an artist, I feel that we must try many things—but above all we must dare to fail. You must be willing to … Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, November 20, 2012
People have forgotten how to relate or respond; what I’m trying to do with my movies is build something audiences can respond to. —John Cassavetes Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, October 12, 2012
Michael J. Cinema 