Film Quotes | Beyond Motive 11/11

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"So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally."

"So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally."

Alain Resnais, French Director

7

"In Tim's films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don't get the film."

"In Tim's films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don't get the film."

Danny Elfman, American Musician

7

"I think if you look at Sam Raimi and Jim Cameron, those guys know things about filmmaking that almost nobody knows anymore. They are students of film from when they handmade films themselves, you know cut films with their own hands and razor blades and tape."

"I think if you look at Sam Raimi and Jim Cameron, those guys know things about filmmaking that almost nobody knows anymore. They are students of film from when they handmade films themselves, you know cut films with their own hands and razor blades and tape."

Dileep Rao, American Actor

7

"I brought the film like a flower to the world."

"I brought the film like a flower to the world."

Claude Chabrol, French Director

7

"The title came rather early in one of Ringo's more tired and emotional moments."

"The title came rather early in one of Ringo's more tired and emotional moments."

Richard Lester, English Director

7

"It was an interesting process trying to get Bob to talk about the film because he's such a shy person. He generally likes to talk when he really knows he has something to say."

"It was an interesting process trying to get Bob to talk about the film because he's such a shy person. He generally likes to talk when he really knows he has something to say."

Jay Roach, American Director

Film, Talk, Trying

7

"No one knew what Rodney King had done beforehand to be stopped. No one realized that he was a parolee and that he was violating his parole. No one knew any of those things. All they saw was this grainy film and police officers hitting him over the head."

"No one knew what Rodney King had done beforehand to be stopped. No one realized that he was a parolee and that he was violating his parole. No one knew any of those things. All they saw was this grainy film and police officers hitting him over the head."

Daryl Gates, American Public Servant

7

"I can remember soundtracks that you just can't separate from the film - It's just so intertwined, so important. Like the Hitchcock ones where they kind of inform each other and become this larger thing as a result."

"I can remember soundtracks that you just can't separate from the film - It's just so intertwined, so important. Like the Hitchcock ones where they kind of inform each other and become this larger thing as a result."

Jonny Greenwood, English Musician

7

"I believe that the story is the most important element of any medium whether it's theater, film, TV."

"I believe that the story is the most important element of any medium whether it's theater, film, TV."

Chad Lowe, American Actor

7

"When the BBC decided to bring Doctor Who back as a feature film a few years ago, one national newspaper ran a poll to ask its readers who should be the new Doctor, and I topped it."

"When the BBC decided to bring Doctor Who back as a feature film a few years ago, one national newspaper ran a poll to ask its readers who should be the new Doctor, and I topped it."

Simon Callow, English Actor

6

"I think you can't be passive in making this film - or in watching it."

"I think you can't be passive in making this film - or in watching it."

James Caviezel, American Actor

6

"Yeah, I'd be happy to go back to Mexico or Japan to make another film."

"Yeah, I'd be happy to go back to Mexico or Japan to make another film."

Alex Cox, British Director

6

"I am never driven. Every film I've made has been an assignment."

"I am never driven. Every film I've made has been an assignment."

Alain Resnais, French Director

6

"I figure if it's turns out well the film will have its own momentum and will carry into the video release. So it's hard to really picture the DVD version when I'm in production."

"I figure if it's turns out well the film will have its own momentum and will carry into the video release. So it's hard to really picture the DVD version when I'm in production."

Jay Roach, American Director

Film, Production, Will

6

"Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him."

"Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

6

"When I'm shooting a film, I don't look at playback. I don't go and do a scene and then hurry up and watch what I just did. I never look at it so I haven't seen any of it."

"When I'm shooting a film, I don't look at playback. I don't go and do a scene and then hurry up and watch what I just did. I never look at it so I haven't seen any of it."

Andre Benjamin, American Musician

6

"'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable."

"'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable."

Timothy Dalton, Welsh Actor

Film, Glory, Opera, Wind

5

"Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody."

"Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody."

Michel Legrand, French Composer

5

"In this film, we took a helicopter up and showed London as a vista, which is not very often done."

"In this film, we took a helicopter up and showed London as a vista, which is not very often done."

Mel Smith, British Actor

5

"Looper is another great film."

"Looper is another great film."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Film, Truth, Power, Life

2

"Film gives us a second chance at a first impression."

"Film gives us a second chance at a first impression."

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Film, Impression, Media, Truth

2

"How speak about an art which no one recognizes as an art? I know that a great deal has already been written about the "art of the cinema". One can read about it most every day in the newspapers & the magazines. But it is not the art of the cinema which you will find discussed therein--it is rather dire, botched embryo as it now stands revealed before our eyes, the still-birth which was mangled in the womb by the obstetricians of art."

"How speak about an art which no one recognizes as an art? I know that a great deal has already been written about the "art of the cinema". One can read about it most every day in the newspapers & the magazines. But it is not the art of the cinema which you will find discussed therein--it is rather dire, botched embryo as it now stands revealed before our eyes, the still-birth which was mangled in the womb by the obstetricians of art."

Henry Miller, American Author

Film, Cinema, Art, Failure, Critique

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"The Witch film, was one suspensed and good made one, it could be well made with some more victims... But..."

"The Witch film, was one suspensed and good made one, it could be well made with some more victims... But..."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Film, Suspense, Truth, Art

1

"I mean, Tarantino is such a SHMUCK 90 percent of the time. But ten percent of the time, I've seen genius shining off the guy."

"I mean, Tarantino is such a SHMUCK 90 percent of the time. But ten percent of the time, I've seen genius shining off the guy."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

Film, Critique, Flaws, Talent, Contrast

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