“A movie is just like a work of art or a book or a piece of music. The intent of its maker is one thing, but its interpretation by an audience is something else. I don't stop at what the filmmaker wanted to do.” ArtBookWantedAudiencePiecesOne ThingFilmmakerInterpretationWorks Of ArtMakers Author:Wesley Morris
“Movies are visual, aural, they involve people, and life, and ideas and art, they are so elastic. They can hold anything, withstand everything, and make you feel anything. Other arts can do that, but movies are the only ones that can incorporate other media into cinema.” PeopleFeelsArtIdeasCan DoMediaCinemaVisuals Author:Wesley Morris
“Sidney Lumet's chief preoccupation wasn't art. It was right and wrong in the American city, nearly always in New York.” ArtCitiesNew YorkChiefsPreoccupationAmerican Cities Author:Wesley Morris