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"Cinema has become a global economy, totally international."
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"For example, in painting the form arises from abstract elements of line and color, while in cinema the material concreteness of the image within the frame presents - as an element - the greatest difficulty in manipulation."
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"I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with the rest of cinema."
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"I'm a huge fan of world cinema, because each country uses cinema in a very individual way."
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"There's still a 1950s view of cinema, that there's one audience and they all want to see the same thing."
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"If cinema is a woman then certainly there are many shores."
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"Cinema has become a global economy, totally international."
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"I guess we've had a very close relationship because I don't pretend to know about cinema and I think I do know a bit about theatre but he does, he respected that and so we really just had a collaboration which went completely like this."
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"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."
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"Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater."
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"Although it is a fantasy film, it's as real as it can be. You have to imagine that an audience will buy their ticket to a cinema and get on a first-class flight and journey to Middle Earth."
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"I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European."
Work
"I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project."
Passion
"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."
Time
"Kevin, as the whole cast is, just wonderful people and great people, and people who are attracted to this kind of material and accepting the idea of going to Newfoundland and knowing the kind of lack of amenities."
People
"My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them."
Trouble
"But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from."
Movies
"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."
Love
"I was always attracted by the European way of life, but I am deeply Swedish."
Life
"Many of the comedies I had made in Sweden were slightly based on semi-autobiographical experiences, so adapting novels was a very different experience."
Experience
"I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances."
Acting
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