“The genius is not in how much Stanley Kubrick does in “2001: A Space Odyssey,'' but in how little. This is the work of an artist so sublimely confident that he doesn't include a single shot simply to keep our attention. He reduces each scene to its essence, and leaves it on screen long enough for us to contemplate it, to inhabit it in our imaginations. Alone among science-fiction movies, “2001'' is not concerned with thrilling us, but with inspiring our awe.” LittlesLongDoeEnoughArtistImaginationSpaceAttentionFictionGeniusSceneShotsConcernedEssenceScience FictionScreensAweContemplatingThrillingStanleyOdysseyScience Fiction MovieSpace Odyssey2001 A Space Odyssey Book:33 Movies to Restore Your Faith in Humanity: Ebert's Essentials Source: 33 Movies to Restore Your Faith in Humanity: Ebert's Essentials
“I get scripts all the time, but I read this [Baggage Claim] thoroughly, and I loved it. It was light hearted, cute, sweet, and funny. I told my agent that I liked the script, but I did let my acceptance of the role slide a little, until I was watching television one day; scrolling through the stations, and there was this play. And I don't like plays made for the screen. But, this one, "Suddenly Single", caught my attention.” LittlesMadePlayLightAttentionRolesAcceptanceTelevisionSweetOne DayClaimsScriptsCaughtScreensAgentsCuteStationsSlidesHeartedBaggageWatching TelevisionLight HeartedScrolling Author:Jill Scott
“If an audience finds themselves paying attention to how you made your film, you're sunk because that means they're unplugged from your story. What matters is what's unfolding on the screen, not how you put it there. It doesn't matter if it's red triangles or million dollar software if the audience doesn't care.” IfsMeanMadeMatterStoriesCareFilmAttentionMillionsAudienceRedDollarsScreensPay AttentionSoftwareWhat MattersMillion DollarsUnfoldingTriangles Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“For some reason, Horror movies, they seem like good date movies. When you go to them it's all high school kids, all over each other, running up and down the isles, no one is even looking at the screen anyways, they figure they don't have to pay attention to the story anyways. We scream and yell... it's like mayhem.” ReasonStoriesSeemsRunningKidsSchoolPayAttentionFiguresHorrorHigh SchoolScreensPay AttentionScreamUp And DownIsleMayhemDate Movie Author:Rob Zombie
“But millions at one time, beyond gender or race, had their attention fixed on her, and with that power, she chose to flash the word "feminist" all over our TV screens. If that don't do nothin' but make people Google the word, then that should make every feminist in the world proud.” PeopleIfsWorldShouldRaceAttentionMillionsTvsProudFeministGenderScreensFixedOne TimeFlashGoogle Author:Lizzo