Yasujirō Ozu Quotes
I consciously did away with fade-ins and replaced them with the cut. Henceforth, I never used such editing techniques again. In fact, neither dissolve, fade-in nor fade-out can be regarded as 'the grammar of film,' they are no more than characteristics of the camera.
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To get a film in Cannes is a real honor. To have it play and not get booed is a real relief.
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The stage and working in front of a camera are two completely different mediums. Each requires different techniques.
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But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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Film has played such a big part in my life, in my impressions of the United States.
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I'm extremely particular how my look should be in a film.
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The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.
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Female characters in literature are full. They're messy: they've got runny noses and burp and belch. Unfortunately, in film, female characters don't often have that kind of richness.
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Being in a Woody Allen film. I cherish it.
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My name can raise money on a small-budget film.
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My first film is coming out, and it's in 3D, and it's 'The Hobbit,' so it's a bit weird.
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The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera.
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The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth.
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I know actors come around and they always talk like that, but I don't do publicity if I don't like the film.
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My co-stars call me selfish. They say, 'You are only interested in yourself and what you are only interested is yourself and what you are doing in front of the camera.' I reply, 'I can't help it; it's what got me where I am.'
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The dynamic range of a digital camera is not that much greater than film, particularly if you push the ASA a little bit.
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A big budget studio film is slower, they've got so much to create around you. Everything is more complicated.
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I love to act. And oh-so-love telling stories through film as an actor. Even on my 'days off.'
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I'm not a master of films. I'm rather a slave.
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Although I may seem the same to other people, to me each thing I produce is a new expression and I always make each work from a new interest. It's like a painter who always paints same rose.
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You never know how a film will play, whether it will be successful or not, or whether it will touch the audience. I always said to myself that whatever happens, big audience or small, that I would not let the results have an impact on my way of working. But it would be a bit silly for me to change my methods when I have a big success. That means my methods work well.
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Even now, at 82 years old, if I don't learn something every day, you know what I think? It's a day lost. Now, I don't practice every day. I just take the guitar, swear at it. But I should be swearing at myself. But I fool with music. I'm doing something musically all the time. And my ears are wide open for anything I can hear.
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I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television. My mother insisted that her children read. To describe my scarce leisure time in today's terms, I always default to reading.
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I consciously did away with fade-ins and replaced them with the cut. Henceforth, I never used such editing techniques again. In fact, neither dissolve, fade-in nor fade-out can be regarded as 'the grammar of film,' they are no more than characteristics of the camera.
