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Film Quotes
"Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element."
8
"It was very much about performances, the whole ensemble thing was just great - everybody working together. Sometimes it didn't feel like a film set. It wasn't technically driven, it was very, very enjoyable."
Film,
8
"In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that."
8
"Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula."
8
"It was a fine cast and lots of fun to make, but they did the damn thing on the cheap. The backdrops had holes in them, and it was shot on the worst film stock."
8
"With this silent film, I wanted to hide what was going on in the clinic. I wanted to cover it up in the best cinematic way and in an entertaining manner."
Film,
8
"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."
8
"I did put on weight for the last half of the film, but the Ferris wheel scene was shot with a harness on me so that if I fell I wouldn't fall all the way."
8
"I remember Berlin. Berlin to me was the star of the film. I loved for six months that we filmed there."
8
"If you get a book which is 600 pages, you have to reduce it to a script of 100 pages. In two hours of film, you cannot possibly include all the characters."
Film,
8
"I feel that film, as opposed to theatre, is about capturing that one, real moment."
8
"This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here, you know get the exteriors and then go back to L.A. We really fought to get it up here and I think Paramount was really pleased."
Film,
8
"In many ways, it is very real, because I sat there for 9 days, and it was constantly happening, and that was the 9 days of making the film. But you can't say that it's 100% true, because there are places where I've been intrusive and interfered."
Film,
8
"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."
8
"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."
8
"He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film."
Film,
8
"At the first screening, there were a lot of areas that we went around and around about. Then we had our second screening. It played better. It's almost a reasonable length film now!"
8
"Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie."
8
"Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn't seen that film, inevitably the camera would've ended up on top of that mast, I mean if you think of it there are only so many dynamic shots on a boat."
8
"I see Igby as my first movie as an adult, and it's a big deal for me because I really, really like the film."
8
"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."
8
"I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy."
8
"Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller."
8
"I run upright mostly when I see daylight, so if you watch film you'll see I don't get hit in the chest much."
Film,
8
"Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film."
8
"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."
8
"One in the third film, I'm looking forward to meeting one of the Dementors."
8
"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."
8
"As a director you have to be careful you don't over-design the film. You have to be careful that the period aspect does not take over."
Film,
8
"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."
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