“I want studios to be financing director-driven, auteurist cinema, as they did in the '70s. I think it's starting to happen now. Plus, because of how our world has changed politically, I think audiences are demanding more realism. We need to have more stuff in our culture about what is really going on right now.” ThinkingWorldCultureAudienceChangedFinancing Author:Alexander Payne
“What science-fiction premises do is it gives you a "what-if" prism to look at the contemporary world with a wack on the side of the head.” WorldGiving Author:Alexander Payne
“Marketing has supplanted story as the primary force behind the worthiness of making a film, and that's a very sad thing. It's film only as a function of consumerism rather than as an important component of our culture, and that's everywhere around the world.” WorldImportantStoriesFilmCultureForceBehindsFunctionMarketingAround The WorldPrimariesConsumerismComponentsWorthinessVery SadSad Things Author:Alexander Payne
“A book suggests a whole world and story that I could have never thought of in a million years.” WorldYearsBookWholeStoriesMillionsWhole World Author:Alexander Payne
“I don't want all of American cinema to be big cartoons that are just made to be digested by the entire world.” WorldWantMadeBigsCinemaCartoon Author:Alexander Payne
“It seems that our politicians see the world in black and white, so why not our artists? Did Woody Allen's 'Manhattan' have to be in black and white? No. But is it fantastic that it was? To see New York like that? Yes!” WorldSeemsArtistBlackWhiteNew YorkPoliticianFantasticWhy NotBlack And WhiteManhattanWoody Author:Alexander Payne
