“My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances.” FilmDifficultInterestIssuesCircumstancesCaughtPopulationMotivatedMarginalizedDifficult CircumstancesHighlighting Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“Under the current system, all children under 17 are treated equally. However, while some films may be appropriate for older children to see with parental accompaniment, some are inappropriate for younger children under any circumstances. This problem needs to be addressed.” NeedsMayChildrenProblemFilmCircumstancesCurrentsTreatedAppropriateInappropriateParental Author:Rob Reiner
“In a business that has exploited and ignored our people I have only found dead-ends. We need romantic comedies, gross-out and mockery comedies, horror and thrillers, teen movies and love-stories. All these and more will be a positive step towards the future of Native Americans in the world and film industry; an industry that that offers us not only the chance to play the parts of heroes, love interests and warriors, but also of villains, dorks and dangerous, brokenhearted products of circumstance.” PeopleWorldNeedsEndsPlayStoriesFilmFoundInterestChanceStepsComedyDangerousProductsIndustryHeroCircumstancesHorrorOffersAnd LoveLove StoryWarriorNativeVillainNative AmericanIgnoredGrossMockeryThrillersFilm IndustryDead EndsDorkBrokenheartedMovies And LoveFound Dead Author:Misty Upham
“I was the Chair of the WIFF Foundation, which is the philanthropic arm of Women In Film. The foundation runs the several programs including one that provide our film finishing fund. So we help women complete their films with a grant from Netflix. It's great to be associated with award winning films like 'Freeheld' and 'Circumstance'.” HelpingRunningFilmWinningArmsCircumstancesProgramFoundationIncludingChairsFundGrantsAwardsFinishingPhilanthropicNetflixAward Winning Author:Sharon Lawrence
“In film, the possibilities are greater. You can go beyond the fourth wall. You can go to these incredible locations and you're put into circumstances that are physically sensuous. It sometimes requires much more of a physical talent.” SometimesFilmGreaterTalentPossibilityWallCircumstancesIncrediblesFourthLocationSensuous Author:Kim Cattrall
“It became a gamble to myself whether I was able to do the exact same film ["Funny Games"]under very different circumstances.” DifferentAbleFilmGamesCircumstancesGambleFunny Game Author:Michael Haneke
“Whatever character you play, whatever film it is, whatever story it is, for me, in my training it's always something that gives you a layered character, it's understanding the secret of that character, and so whatever comes up as "Oh, I thought that person was that," you are always carrying that within you. So actually what you're playing all the way through is both and it's just what comes out in the scene or the circumstance.” WayGivingPersonsPlayCharacterStoriesFilmUnderstandingSecretCircumstancesSceneTrainingCome UpWithin You Author:Julia Ormond
“It could be Fascist, religious or political - it's always the same model that operates in these circumstances, and it's that which is the actuality of this film. Therefore, it's not specifically an explanation of German Fascism because that would be an impossible thing to do in any case.” Would BeFilmPoliticalReligiousCasesImpossibleCircumstancesModelsExplanationThings To DoFascismFascistsActualityImpossible Things Author:Michael Haneke
“One hopes for that type of result but you just never know what factors will work in your favor. I think I just was concentrating on making the best film I could under the circumstances I was given. That's all I could really do.” ThinkingKnowsFilmGivenResultsTypeCircumstancesFavorsFactorsConcentratingBest Film Author:Aurora Guerrero
“It is captivating, isn't it? England has such a great scene of electronic music, and I think that was very prominent in Pusher, and the nightlife was the beat of the film. I feel what is really great about Pusher is that it wasn't about drugs and guns and strippers. That was just all circumstantial. I felt like it was really about people and how decisions and circumstances can change relationships. Something just happens. Everything changes for a reason.” PeopleThinkingFeelsReasonHappensFilmFeltDecisionCircumstancesSceneDrugBeatsGunEnglandReally GreatThings ChangeProminentElectronic MusicCaptivatingNightlife Author:Agyness Deyn
“I was working on other things and I wanted to make a film, and I had some ideas brewing in my head. Brandy's [ Burre] circumstance was such that I didn't really know what was going to happen. That was obviously a surprise, but I knew she was in her mid-to-late thirties and she was starting to really think about her life in a way that really appealed to me, appealed to the women that I know in my life.” ThinkingKnowsWayIdeasHappensWantedFilmCircumstancesLateSurpriseStartingBrewingBrandy Author:Robert Greene
“One of the great things about the film being so unusual and provocative is the filmmaker to me doesn't seem to have a definite opinion on the rights or wrongs or the immorality of behaviors and systems, he just presents a set of very unusual circumstances and asked the audience to partake in the judging of what feels right or wrong or what feels natural and unnatural.” FeelsSeemsFilmNaturalOpinionAudienceRightsJudgingCircumstancesBehaviorGreat ThingsFilmmakerUnusualDefiniteUnnaturalProvocativeImmoralityFeels RightUnusual Circumstances Author:Colin Farrell
“I've never had a method of working. I change according to circumstances; I don't employ any particular technique or style. I make films instinctively, more with my belly than with my brain.” FilmBrainStyleParticularCircumstancesMethodTechniqueBelly Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“In our time, we have become too interested in the artist and his or her character and experience as a way of understanding art. In my view, you should be able to read a book or see a film without knowing a single thing about conditions or circumstances or character of the artist, and experience the work to the full without such information. Sometimes I feel - speaking for myself - that people know much too much about me, and I wish people knew less and could just read these books and respond to them purely as words on a page.” PeopleArtBookSometimesCharacterFilmArtistWishUnderstandingCircumstances Author:Salman Rushdie
“My feeling about all films and all television is that it's an adventure. That's the way I have to look at it. Because you don't know what the climate of the circumstance is going to be. It could be very good. It could be very mediocre. It could be very bad. You don't know. But I've been doing it long enough now to know that it's an adventure. That's what it's all about.” LongEnoughFeelingsFilmAdventureCircumstancesVery GoodMediocre Author:Lance Henriksen
“Everything that goes into making a film, when it's the finished product, us as the actors look at the film and go: "Oh man, OK, on that day we were doing whatever the circumstances were on that day...." So much goes into it and it's all so incredibly calculated that the behind-the-scenes chemistry that exists between all of us is sometimes forgotten - you can't act that. We've all come together and held hands through each of the processes that I've been a part of.” MenSometimesTogetherFilmCircumstancesForgottenChemistry Author:Chris Klein
“You could easily play the guy as straight-up hood throughout the whole movie, the Imperial Courts, but writer and director Malik Vitthal envisioned a human being that has never been seen before in film: a black man in circumstances that he does not like, who is passionate - persistent - in turning it around.” MenFilmGuyBlackCircumstancesPassionatePersistentHood Author:John Boyega
“'Red Knot' is a film that I shot in Antarctica almost three years ago on a boat. It was a film that was improvised and it had very interesting circumstances while making the film, obviously. We were on a small boat bobbing around in Antarctica. It was a really remarkable experience.” YearsFilmThreeInterestingCircumstancesShotsRedYears AgoBoatRemarkableThree YearsVery InterestingKnotsAntarctica Author:Olivia Thirlby
“Every film has an origin. It is made under certain circumstances, and that is a very important point that should be kept in mind during a review.” ShouldMindMadeImportantFilmCertainCircumstancesReviews Author:Anurag Kashyap