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“I think film should raise questions, not give answers. I think film should challenge people to reflect, debate and get by themselves to the answer that fits them.”

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Author:Diego Luna

“I am constantly asked why I never made other films after 'There's No Business Like Show Business,' the answer is I was never asked.”

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Author:Johnnie Ray

“People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer.”

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Book:The seventh seal: a film

Source: The seventh seal: a film

“Working on a novel is very solitary and I get to be the boss. I'm the dictator, so I win every battle. So, in that sense, novels are easier because you don't have to answer to anyone. And then, you go into something like film and there are more cooks in the kitchen, so to speak.”

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Author:Nicholas Sparks

“[Steven Spielberg's films] are comforting, they always give you answers and I don't think they're very clever answers. The success of most Hollywood films these days is down to fact that they're comforting. They tie things up in nice little bows and give you answers, even if the answers are stupid, you go home and you don't have to think about it. The great filmmakers make you go home and think about it.”

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Author:Terry Gilliam

“One answer to why public interest in men's tennis has been on the wane in recent years is an essential and unpretty thugishness about the power-baseline style that's become dominant on the tour. Watch Agassi closely sometime...he's amazingly absent of finesse, with movements that look more like a heavy-metal musician's than an athlete's...what a top PBer really resembles is film of the old Soviet Union putting down a rebellion. It's awesome, but brutally so, with a grinding, faceless quality about its power that renders that power curiously dull and empty.”

“I think all of our guys work hard and want to improve. They want answers, and the film will be the answer. The coaches will collect it and get better. I do not think anybody wants a rebuilding year. That's not something that I have ever said.”

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Author:Les Miles

“I'm interested in making films that ask questions and don't particularly provide answers.”

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Author:George Clooney

“I like films that deal with some of those questions that you can never answer. Why are we here? What's it about? What happens to us with the choices that we make? What are the ramifications for doing something right, or doing something wrong? Those universal questions, I enjoy.”

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Author:Dominic Monaghan

“The dream and the film are the juxtaposition of images in order to answer a question.”

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Book:On directing film

Source: On directing film

“Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think that's ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think. If there are more answers at the end, then surely it is a richer experience.”

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Author:Michael Haneke

“Short film: you can be poetic and you don't have to answer anything. You can make whatever you want. You have creative freedom with short film.”

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Author:Taika Waititi

“I got frustrated with films like "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact," where the only answer to deal with a Near-Earth Object is basically Bruce Willis with a big drill.”

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Author:Nelly Ben Hayoun

“As the cinematographer is usually more visual than the director is and full cooperation is really the answer and to make a great film, you need a good director and you need a good cinematographer.”

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Author:Vilmos Zsigmond

“Everyone reads a different book. That's what's interesting. Everyone sees a different film, as well. We bring our past lives to whatever work of art we're experiencing at that moment, and that's what makes it interesting. It's not mathematics. There are different answers for different people.”

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Author:Paul Auster

“I hate films with a clear message, ones that have their answers already when they start.”

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Author:Jørgen Leth

“My films require that the spectator ask the big existential questions. If you're not interested of turning inwards for answers, my films won't fulfill their whole purpose.”

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Author:Lisa Langseth

“Make films whenever and however you can - don't take no for an answer.”

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Author:Beeban Kidron

“We are living in complex, difficult times and I wanted Syriana to reflect this complexity in a visceral way, to embrace it narratively. There are no good guys and no bad guys and there are no easy answers. The characters do not have traditional character arcs; the stories don't wrap up in neat little life lessons, the questions remain open. The hope was that by not wrapping everything up, the film will get under your skin in a different way and stay with you longer. This seemed like the most honest reflection of this post 9-11 world we all find ourselves in.”

“The way that I make films is that I sit down and I think, "How much money could I get with less consequences?" And that's how I start. I'd rather have less money and total autonomy than more money and start having to answer to things, because then I'm not being true and the money men are not being true.”

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Author:Cliff Martinez

“I don't like films giving me answers. I like films that are provoking me, that are making me feel not only being in an easy place.”

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Author:Juliette Binoche

“When you make a film it is like asking yourself a question. When it is finished, you know the answer. Ultimately with all of cinema, we are just trying to learn about ourselves. I have always used the opportunity to make a film to learn more about myself, which I am still doing.”

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Author:Francis Ford Coppola

“(in the film "That's Entertainment!" - 1974) Thank God for film, it can capture a moment and hold it there forever. If anyone ever asks you: "Who were they?" or "What made them so good?" I think a reel of film answers that question.”

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Author:Liza Minnelli

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