“When I'm trying to imagine something, I have a few elements, a few ideas, maybe a certain actor or actress I want to create a certain type of character for, or maybe a certain place.” WantTryingIdeasCharacterCertainActorsImagineTypeElementsActresses Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I like to rehearse with the actors scenes that are not in the script and will not be in the film because what we're really doing is trying to establish their character, and good acting to me is about reacting.” TryingCharacterFilmActorsActingSceneScriptsReactingGood Acting Author:Jim Jarmusch
“It meant a kind of real liberation of expression. It embraced amateurism in a way that I still am inspired by. It was not about trying to get, you know, stadium gigs or even commercial radio play or even record deals for that matter. It was about saying something 'cause you meant it, and expressing something that you felt. And that was primary for that - whatever the scene, whatever punk rock means, it was very, very important to me, very formative.” KnowsWayTryingKindMeanStillsImportantRealMatterPlayFeltCausesDealsRecordsRocksExpressionSceneInspiredRadioPrimariesLiberationPunkGigsStadiumsPunk RockRadio Plays Author:Jim Jarmusch
“My first film I made, "Permanent Vacation," we shot in 1979 for like $12,000, part of which I got a fake car loan for that Amos Poe told me you could do that. And, yeah, I had no idea what I was doing. It was just like, well, we're going to try and do this. Partly because I had been following Amos Poe and Eric Mitchell around for about a year, and I worked on some of Eric's films as a sound recordist and stuff.” TryingYearsFirstsWellsMadeIdeasFilmStuffSoundCarShotsYeahFollowingNo IdeaPermanentFakeVacationLoanEricCar Loan Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I'm still trying to learn how to do it, I'm still trying to figure out how to make films, but, yeah, it started then [in 1979].” TryingStillsFilmFiguresYeah Author:Jim Jarmusch
“As soon as you start making a film that's expensive then the studio wants total control over all elements of it because they want to get all their money back. If you make a smaller film you can try a lot more things because you can have control over it and not just be a hired director. The lower the budget the more freedom you have.” IfsWantTryingFilmDirectorsElementsStudiosBudgetsExpensiveOver It Author:Jim Jarmusch
“Those of us who make films try to make something that we're feeling and that we would like. Then we just hope an audience responds the same way. It's very important to have the electrical circuit made, but I don't have control over how people feel when they flip the switch. So the whole idea of marketing research and test screenings is just foreign to me.” PeopleWayFeelsTryingMadeImportantIdeasWholeFeelingsFilmAudienceResearchTestsMarketingFlipElectricalCircuitsScreening Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I'm like a navigator and I try to encourage our collaboration and find the best way that will produce fruit. I like fruit. I like cherries, I like bananas.” WayTryingInspiringProduceFruitBest WayFilmmakerMovieCollaborationBananasCherriesNavigators Author:Jim Jarmusch
