Christopher Doyle Quotes

Australia, Cinematographer
May 2, 1952

Christopher Doyle, is an Australian-Hong Kong cinematographer. He has worked on over fifty Chinese-language films, being best known for his collaborations with Wong Kar-Wai in Chungking Express, Happy Together, In the Mood for Love and 2046. Doyle is also known for other films such as Temptress Moon, Hero, Dumplings, and Psycho. He has won awards at the Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival, as well as AFI Award for cinematography, the Golden Horse awards , and Hong Kong Film Award

I left Australia when I was 18 and I've been a foreigner for 36 years. I think that's very important to the way I work because as a foreigner you see things differently. But I started making Chinese-language films so I regard myself as a Chinese filmmaker. I just happen to be white. Or pink, actually.

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- Work
- Films
- Differently
I think what we're doing here [Asia] is much more valid. We've got half the world's population here. The implications are as evident as they would be for the French New Wave.

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- Doing
- Population
- Asia

They met their own lowered targets. What is worrying is their reluctance to spell out where the market is going.

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- Worrying
- Met
- Targets
I want to bring an element of delight and magic that will knit together the Sprint Arena and the Power and Light District.

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- Magic
- Delight
- Knit
They're handicapped by old systems. They have personnel dealing with paperwork that can be handled electronically.

Christopher Doyle
The smaller players need to consolidate, but it will take time to deliver those synergies to the market

Christopher Doyle
- Time
- Players
- Market
It's very subjective, ... Who's to say what is an appropriate level of investment without knowing that manager's risk and time horizon?

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- Risk
- Knowing
- Investments
I really think music and movement - dance, you know - and literature inform my visuals. I think film is also based in dance. The relationship between me, the camera and the actor is always a dance.

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- Music
- Film
- Dance

The reputation of Britain in the Arab World is at an all time low.

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- Reputation
- Britain
- Low
It represents a defensive move on the part of both companies

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- Move
- Companies
- Both
I was born five months after my parents were married, so I understand why mistakes have informed my world.

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- Parents
- Born
- Mistakes
What I'm trying to do is make the camera-work lyrical rather than fragmentary. It's a dance between the camera and the actors.

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- Trying
- Dance
- Actors
Nothing's perfect... and it's in the imperfection there is possibility.

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I feel really proud that in the wake of such a disaster that people are donating. They are going to have such an impact on a lot of people.

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- People
- Proud
- Impact