Whenever I hear people dismiss movies as “fantasy” and make a hard distinction between film and life, I think to myself that it’s just a way of avoiding the power of cinema. Of course it’s not life—it’s the invocation of … Continue reading In Their Words — August 16, 2013
I think it’s accumulated. If it’s trained, it’s trained from my own films. You can imagine the tension in a scene, or the warmth, or the humor. I think I know the size of the frame, and I think I … Continue reading In Their Words — Wednesday, July 31, 2013
I have a desire to tell stories. And I’m never quite satisfied. —Martin Scorsese Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, June 13, 2013
Other college kids had to vandalize government buildings. All we had to do to rebel was go to movies. —Paul Schrader Continue reading In Their Words — Tuesday, May 28, 2013
There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn’t do that. I’m not a pro. —Martin Scorsese Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, May 25, 2013
A friend of mine sent me that line [All this filming isn’t healthy] on a note when we were making Raging Bull! I think it was one of the cinematographers who’d just seen Peeping Tom. And there is no doubt … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, May 4, 2013
The cinema began with a passionate relationship between celluloid and the artists and craftsmen and technicians who handled it, manipulated it, and came to know it in the way a lover comes to know every inch of the body of … Continue reading In Their Words — Friday, March 29, 2013
The study of cinema is the study of directors, or more accurately, the study of auteurs. Single visions brought to life via a committee. Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, John Ford, all of these names immediately pop into our minds when we think of … Continue reading The Archers
The cinema began with a passionate relationship between celluloid and the artists and craftsmen and technicians who handled it, manipulated it, and came to know it in the way a lover comes to know every inch of the body of … Continue reading In Their Words — Thursday, January 10, 2013
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