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Film Quotes
"There are a thousand weird untold stories in the Australian film industry, this has been one of them."
Film,
33
"I will not cut my film because, because, because, because of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz."
32
"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."
32
"The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical novel, like a confession, or a diary."
32
"In Wales it's brilliant. I go to the pub and see everybody who I went to school with. And everybody goes 'So what you doing now?' And I go, 'Oh, I'm doing a film with Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins.' And they go, 'Ooh, good.' And that's it."
32
"I had to go and sing with the musical director of the film, Simon Lee, who is just incredible, and it went great. I sang with him about five things, things we'd worked on. And then I went to sing for Andrew Lloyd Weber."
Film,
31
"Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding."
31
"I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan."
Film,
31
"When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. If I wanted to do that, I'd make documentaries."
31
"They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie direct, I was inspired by it. She motivated me to do it, because we don't have role models as woman for directors."
31
"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."
31
"But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece."
31
"Phillip Harrison was the production designer, though, I think he's uncredited. He's done most of my films like Blue Thunder. Lots and lots over the years."
30
"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."
30
"I think the original Matrix was really incredible. It was so original and it did so many innovative things with film. It was a much bigger film. Bound was just a smaller film. It was kind of like an old noir film."
30
"It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller."
30
"I'm not sure I agree with the thesis, because I think that even though something grotesque or gross has been part of film since way back, what we accept or what we can get away with on the screen is broader now."
30
"I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy."
30
"I think everybody dreamt somehow to make a film in Hollywood, you know."
30
"I did a film about the Zodiac Killer. It turned out well."
30
"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."
30
"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."
29
"Yes, but Hollywood is the strangest place in that they'll torpedo their own film to prove an emotional point."
29
"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."
29
"I do have tatoos, and I do wear leather, but there are other sides of me, that my film express."
Film,
29
"John Schlesinger had one of his friends designing it and he had never done a film before. Ten days before it started, they didn't have any costumes. I was rung up and joined up."
29
"For me the stunts are so cool, they're one of my favourite things when we're doing the film."
Film,
29
"I feel that film, as opposed to theatre, is about capturing that one, real moment."
28
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