With more than 100 credits to his name and at least a dozen masterful performances, Mitchum made acting look easy. At least, that’s what he told anyone who’d ask. One often-told story from the set of Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957) recounts … Continue reading Robert Mitchum
Born March 25, 1925, in Savannah, Georgia, Mary Flannery O’Connor made her public debut at the age of 5, when a Pathé cameraman from New York came to photograph her chicken. The chicken walked backward. If it didn’t, you could … Continue reading FLANNERY
My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way. Every film I make represents a departure for me. You see, it takes so long to make a film. By the time you … Continue reading Born On This Day — August 18, 1933
Hollywood has always been a cage… a cage to catch our dreams. —John Huston Continue reading Born On This Day — August 5, 1906
Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater. —Roman Polanski Continue reading In Their Words — August 18, 2013
I have great admiration for Fellini and Bergman, who create their own films. But I’m eclectic. I like doing one thing very different from another. I don’t even recognize a style in my work. If there is a style, it’s … Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, August 5, 2013
To me the ideal film—which I’ve never succeeded in making—would be as though the reel were behind one’s eyes and you were projecting it yourself, seeing what you wish to see. This has a great deal in common with thought … Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, March 17, 2013
To me the ideal film—which I’ve never succeeded in making—would be as though the reel were behind one’s eyes and you were projecting it yourself, seeing what you wish to see. This has a great deal in common with thought … Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, February 25, 2013
I didn’t show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk. —John Ford Continue reading In Their Words — Sunday, February 24, 2013
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