William Friedkin Quotes
The studios mostly threw away the negatives of the classic films. They had no interest in their legacy.
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Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning graduate studies at Harvard University.
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Stage and film are just two wildly different animals. Why compare the two?
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But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.
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Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.
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Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums.
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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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Film is anti-language.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collection. I'm probably one of the first designers to make short films.
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The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.
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Characters who don't suffer have no interest to me.
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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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Dick Clark will be truly missed. We will carry on his legacy every New Year's Eve.
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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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Oftentimes, when you have a huge studio film and you have big names attached, they like to keep attaching big names.
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I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.
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When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy, the only decent thing to do is die at once.
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The British use a system where the profits a corporation reports to shareholders is what they pay taxes on. Whereas in America we require corporations to keep two sets of books, one for shareholders and one for the IRS, and the IRS records are secret. For publicly-traded companies, the British system would tend to align the interests of the government with the interests of the company because the company wants to report the biggest possible profit. Though, all wealthy countries have high taxes as wealth requires lots of common goods, from clean water to public education to a justice system.
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Most people don't see the edginess in my work. They think it's all fantasy and whimsy.
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Coming to Nashville has been so motivating and inspirational. Just watching people live and breathe their music and create something that they can feel from start to finish.
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There are certain people in whom you can detect the seeds of madness - seeds that have remained dormant only because the people in question have lived relatively comfortable, middle class lives. They function perfectly well in the world, but you can imagine, given a nasty parent, or a prolonged bout of unemployment, how their potential for craziness might have been realized.
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The studios mostly threw away the negatives of the classic films. They had no interest in their legacy.
