Film Quotes
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I think that it's important for a film that's in 3D that the filmmakers create the movie from a staging and scene planning standpoint with the dimensional space as one of their storytelling components.
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Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it.
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Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.
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Film is like a colony and there are very few colonists.
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One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed like classic paintings (he was an art connoisseur). It's why he found shooting on set boring - because he had already composed the film in his head.
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Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.
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One of the great things going on in Chicago is the educational facilities here. And the largest film school in the world is right here in Chicago: Columbia College.
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The [film] business is run by men, and they're basically interested in their own species, and they're not so interested in women belonging to the human race.
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In the film business, it's basically honor among thieves.
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The gremlins are clearly the ones have the most fun in the film, trashing the town, going to the bar, smashing things, etc. It's all gleeful chaos, which makes the movie fun.
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So there was one point I thought I was gonna lose it, but once I get on something I have to finish it; I just kept persuading them and they turned around. One good thing was the international guys really stood behind this movie, they thought they could support this film. So these guys step up and that's really good, and then they turned around.
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With every film, the pressure is on the rise for the next.
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The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.
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Quentin Tarantino is a genius. I want to do every single film with him.
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Film is much more visual, a scene is typically a lot shorter, you're dealing with a lot more characters, a lot more locations, and you're able to rely on things that you just can never do on the stage.
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A really irritating thing when you're watching a film is if somebody's accent isn't bang-on - it distracts you from getting into the story because you're thinking: 'Where are they from?'
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'Mafiosa' was written by Veronica Russo. It's her first time making a film, and I'm really proud of her because this woman has a full-time job, and she decided one day, 'You know, I want to write a film, and I want to make it.'
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The 1910 Edison film of 'Frankenstein' was itself a dead thing revived by technology.
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'Lisa' was a film that I am really proud of and is probably hopefully going to be remade.
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I always direct the same film. I cannot distinguish one from the other.
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
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I've done a lot of TV, but not film.
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If your film is in English, it makes it that much easier to get a wide release.
