Conrad Hall Quotes
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The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with the characters, they have to visualize the process of concentration involved in making every move.
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I suppose I would still be a communicator, maybe a musician.
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I just wanted to try directing, and the best way was to write the material, so I was imbued with its origins when I was dealing with the actors.
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That's why I like fast film. It gives you more freedom to light more naturally.
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But you still have an awesome responsibility, because you are helping to create something which might influence the thinking of millions of people.
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I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.
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Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.
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There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job.
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The sun is the most parallel light source because it is so far away.
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I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film.
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I was very happy sitting alone at a dining room table, writing a script.
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The truth is that every experience, every feeling, every film you see, becomes part of the sensibilities you apply to making a movie.
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With today's fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You can abuse the film and create subtleties in contrast with light and exposure, diffusion and filters. That's what makes it an art.
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I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind.
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You have to understand the nature of light.
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Photography is a very important part of my life.
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Painting and writing are solitary arts.
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Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.
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There are a lot of directors who are knowledgeable about images, and others who aren't.