“I just respect audiences to understand that that's what goes on in movies. I just try to make movies that respect the intelligence of the audience. Respect that they understand that the narrator is always unreliable and respect that they understand that the medium can do whatever it wants.” WantTryingCan DoAudienceGoes OnMediumsUnreliableNarrators Author:Guy Maddin
“I went to see Chicago after I finished shooting, and say what you want about it, but that thing was so meticulously planned. It was planned like NASA planned its trips to the moon. It made me feel like some sort of horrible dilettante.” WantFeelsMadeMoonFinishedWhat You WantHorribleShootingChicagoNasaDilettantes Author:Guy Maddin
“The spirit of my films... I always want them to be kind of contrarian. Meticulous on the one hand, but unbelievably sloppy and careless on the other. I guess that's what you get anyway, if you're not planning very much.” IfsWantKindHandsFilmSpiritPlanningBe KindCarelessSloppyMeticulous Author:Guy Maddin
“If I want to keep making films for a few more years, I probably should be willing to adapt. I've sort of evolved into the filmmaker that I am because of natural selection anyway.” IfsWantShouldYearsFilmNaturalWillingFilmmakerSelectionNatural Selection Author:Guy Maddin
“If I hope to survive, I have to acknowledge the natural selection that goes on when film stocks and cameras are eliminated from the world. And film viewers won't want to watch the same thing over and over again from me.” IfsWorldWantFilmNaturalWatchesGoes OnCamerasAcknowledgeViewersSelectionNatural Selection Author:Guy Maddin
