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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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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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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I make sure that whatever film I do, I enjoy my role.
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And so I'm saying that, yes, colonialism was terrible, and I describe it as a legacy of wars, but we ought to be moving away from that by now.
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It’s easy to be an expert if you’re the only one in the world with an interest.
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Dad told me that before I was born, he would put my mom's stomach up to the speaker and play Led Zeppelin.
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The studios mostly threw away the negatives of the classic films. They had no interest in their legacy.
