“Film is the greatest teacher because it teaches not only through the brain but through the whole body” Quote by Vsevolod Pudovkin
“Editing is not merely a method of the junction of separate scenes or pieces, but is a method that controls the 'psychological guidance' of the spectator.” PiecesSceneDirectorsMethodPsychologicalCinemaGuidanceFilmmakerMovieEditingSpectatorsCinematographyJunction Author:Vsevolod Pudovkin
“The duty of a film director is to focus more on the soul of the spectator.” SoulFilmFocusDutyDirectorsSpectatorsFilm Directors Author:Ken Loach
“I turned down the OBE because its not a club you want to join when you look at the villains whove got it. Its all the things I think are despicable: patronage, deferring to the monarchy and the name of the British Empire, which is a monument of exploitation and conquest.” ThinkingWantLooksNamesClubsBritishEmpiresVillainExploitationConquestMonumentMonarchyBritish EmpireDespicableTurned DownPatronage Author:Ken Loach
“Every time a colony wants independence, the questions on the agenda are: a) how do you get the imperialists out, and b) what kind of society do you build? There are usually the bourgeois nationalists who say, 'Let's just change the flag and keep everything as it was.' Then there are the revolutionaries who say, 'Let's change the property laws.' It's always a critical moment.” WantKindMomentsLawIndependencePropertyCriticalRevolutionaryAgendasFlagsBourgeoisColonyCritical Moments Author:Ken Loach
“Cinema for me only has meaning when it has a relationship with what I see outside on the street.” StreetsCinema Author:Jacques Audiard
“When you're a kid and your father is an engineer, he goes to the office. I saw my father get up and go to the office in the house and write. But I don't see any similarities.” WritingKidsFatherHouseSawsOfficeGet UpEngineersSimilarity Author:Jacques Audiard
“When things aren't working out, we have a tendency to say, 'Go do other things,' but you shouldn't do other things. You need to stay at your desk and continue to try to write. You need to insist on it.” NeedsWritingTryingWork OutTendenciesDesks Author:Jacques Audiard
“What interests me about genre is that the public connects immediately with it, it has certain rules, certain codes the audience recognizes. I can use that to create something very big.” I CanUseBigsCertainInterestAudienceCodeGenreGenre Is Author:Jacques Audiard
“If I ask my actors to bare themselves, to reveal themselves as almost naked, I have to bare myself, expose myself as well. That's what creates excitement.” IfsWellsActorsAsksNakedExcitement Author:Jacques Audiard
“I don't feel comfortable with violence, and I'm not sure that I film violent scenes properly, and it's something I'm reticent to do, and yet violence is sort of in all of my films.” FeelsFilmViolenceSceneComfortableViolentNot Sure Author:Jacques Audiard