“Black-and-white gives you that sort of parallel world. Also, it's very close to the condition of dreaming, to the unconscious.” WorldGivingDreamBlackWhiteConditionsUnconsciousBlack And WhiteParallels Author:John Boorman
“The resistance to black-and-white is huge, in the way that you have to sell the film. It's difficult to distribute around the world.” WorldWayFilmDifficultBlackWhiteHugeSellsResistanceAround The WorldBlack And White Author:John Boorman
“All the interesting films are now being made by their subsidiaries for very low budgets. But the studios are not making money. They're making these big, very expensive pictures that take a lot of money but don't really pay for their costs. So they're having a very difficult time. I can see the system breaking down. I think the American studios are a reflection or a metaphor for American industry altogether, which is failing in the world. Its economic domination is being broken down and I think the same thing is happening to the studios.” ThinkingWorldFilmDifficultInterestingFailingEconomicBrokenReflectionMetaphorMaking MoneyBreaking DownDominationDifficult Times Author:John Boorman
“I'm trying to suggest a kind of Middle Earth, in Tolkien terms. It's a contiguous world; it's like ours but different.” WorldTryingKindDifferentEarthTermMiddleMiddle Earth Author:John Boorman