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Film Quotes
"Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done."
60
"There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them."
Film,
60
"I think the Chainsaw remake is very good and captures the spirit of the original film. It's true to the tone of the original, to the point that it's almost a companion piece."
59
"You learn real early to make a film and then duck, and basically that's how I go about it."
Film,
58
"The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television."
57
"Well, the studios don't really want to take those risks right off the bat. They'll take the risk after they've seen the finished product and say oh yeah we want that. This is a great film but they are hesitant to take the risk when you just see it on paper."
57
"I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan."
Film,
57
"It's a remake of a film called Inferno Affairs. It's a Hong Kong film, and if we come anywhere close to what they did in the original, we're going to have a hot property on our hands, because Inferno Affairs is a great piece."
57
"There's a personal story of my own that I will write at some point, and it's a film that I will happily make. It could very well be the next thing I do, unless someone shows me something great."
57
"I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy."
57
"What I didn't know that by sticking to craft we would blow open some doors that I never saw opened before."
57
"Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the person who is wearing the director's hat is only trying to justify his position."
56
"My first movie was this independent that I did on the Erie Canal in 1995, called Erie, that I don't know if you could even get, actually with Felicity Huffman. And then from that I did this film that was eventually called The Broken Giant later that fall. And then I kind of started getting into doing pilots."
56
"In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that."
56
"I knew exactly how I wanted it to play, but you are never sure until you watch the projected images reflect off the screen. That's when you know it worked."
56
"But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece."
56
"We ended up with 19 hours of footage and had to narrow it down to an hour and a half. Our instructions were to film everything that came up, including the more mundane moments."
56
"I liked The Slipper and the Rose, as I have already mentioned, because it was such a lovely film to do."
Film,
56
"I think the film is beautifully realised. His legacy as a journalist was recorded - as it were - well, and certainly the important issues of the '50s - or even today - are delivered and presented to the audience in a rather honest and objective way."
55
"It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller."
55
"Eventually, the state's funding covered only the stages leading to presenting a film project to potential funding bodies. It was enough to produce a script, indicate casting and put together a budget to present it all, but nothing beyond that."
55
"Those involved in the program are interested in how to use photography, videos, the Internet, film, and anything related to communications and transmission of information in the most up-to-date modern ways."
55
"I will not cut my film because, because, because, because of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz."
54
"You need an R rating because without one, you can't advertise and the film won't get shown."
Film,
54
"No I didn't audition, I didn't even know David Lynch till the week before I started the film."
Film,
54
"Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing."
54
"A film based on a jolly good John Grisham book is fine, but I like to get a bit under the skin."
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