“I certainly don't believe you documentary filmmakers. Like me, you are involved in making fiction, and your fiction is just as well organized and just as well predicated, but the big difference between me and you is that I'm honest and you're dishonest. I know I'm telling you lies.” KnowsBelieveWellsBigsLyingDifferencesFictionHonestInvolvedDon't BelieveLike MeFilmmakerOrganizedDocumentaries Author:Peter Greenaway
“If you want to tell stories, be a writer, not a filmmaker.” IfsWantStoriesFilmmaker Author:Peter Greenaway
“It seems so tragic to me that so many filmmakers are making movies up against this extra-ordinary revolution with one eye closed and two hands tied behind their backs.” TwoHandsSeemsEyeBehindsRevolutionOrdinaryFilmmakerExtrasTragicTiedTwo HandsHands Tied Author:Peter Greenaway
“My heroes among filmmakers would be people like Buñuel and Pasolini, who were of very high cinematic intelligence, but tread on a lot of toes.” PeopleWould BeHeroFilmmakerToesMy HeroCinematic Author:Peter Greenaway
“Film is such an extraordinary rich medium which can handle so many different modes of operation, combining together in the same place all these extraordinary disciplines which may be executed in their own right - music, writing, picture making of all kinds, and I often feel that some filmmakers make films with one eye closed and two hands tied behind their backs.” FeelsWritingKindMayTwoDifferentHandsEyeTogetherFilmBehindsRichDisciplineExtraordinaryHandleMediumsAll KindsOperationsFilmmakerTiedCombiningTwo HandsHands TiedMusic Writing Author:Peter Greenaway
“I don't want to become an ivory tower filmmaker. That sounds peculiar, but I want to be a mainstream filmmaker. I want the largest possible audience that I can find - but, of course, on my terms.” WantI CanCoursesSoundTermAudienceFilmmakerPeculiarMainstreamTowersIvoryIvory Tower Author:Peter Greenaway
“For so many filmmakers, cinema is a means to an end.” MeanEndsCinemaFilmmakerMeans To An End Author:Peter Greenaway
“In a world where we can all be our own filmmakers, the old elites are disappearing and there is no desire to look at somebody else's dream anymore because you can go off and make your own.” WorldLooksDreamDesireDisappearFilmmakerElites Author:Peter Greenaway
