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"Cinema has become a global economy, totally international."
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"On the one hand, young theatre directors were coming to television theatre, because they wanted to get closer to the cinema, despite having studied and worked for the theatre."
"I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead of just thinking about what is the most efficient way of telling a story or making an audience stay in a cinema."
"A movie is not a movie, it is a potential nuclear furnace of inspiration, courage and conscience."
"What made a movie buff different from others was the amount of freakish details they chose to fill their heads with. The typical movie-goer remembered the big lines, the ones that you could find on the film's shirts and posters. Just a bunch of tag-lines used for promotion. A true movie buff memorized the odd ones that said more about the story's theme or characters. A true buff read up on the movie's history."
"Today films are made to cater to commercial markets created by multiplexes, not for those who enjoy good cinema."
"So, if falling crime rates coincide with the rise of violent video games and increasing violence on TV and at the cinema, should we conclude that media violence is causing the drop in crime rates?"
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"My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing was not his passion; cinematography was."
"I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European."
"My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot."
"I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances."
"I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels."
"It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set."
"I love involving actors at all levels - and they have to know that I want to hear their contributions, with dialogue, with story suggestions, with script changes, whatever."
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