Andre Bazin Quotes

Today we can say that at last the director writes the film. The image--its plastic composition and the way it is set in time, because it is founded on a much higher degree of realism--has at its disposal more means of manipulating reality and of modifying it from within. The film-maker is no longer the competitor of the painter and the playwright, he is, at last the equal of the novelist

Andre Bazin

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My parents did their best - that earns a lot of forgiveness. But they say children grow up in spite of their parents, and I think I did.

Larry Drake
- Up
- Children
- Parents
Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.

Edith Piaf
- Mind
- Tell
- Whatever
When you're doing a deal with someone in the southern Sahara, it's a very different way of doing business than in London. You can't sign them in the usual way because they'd end up getting ripped off, which would defeat the object of setting up a label like this.

Damon Albarn Blur
- Up
- Different
- Business
I try and take lots of vitamins and I don't drink. I do smoke, though, I'd be insufferable if I didn't smoke, you'd have to push me off a balcony I'd be so boring.

Kate Beckinsale
- Me
- Try
- Boring
It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.

Karen Kain
- Different
- Job
- Help
As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.

Ira Sachs