“Film noir is not a genre. It is not defined, as are the western and gangster genres, by conventions of setting and conflict, but rather by the more subtle qualities of tone and mood. It is a film 'noir', as opposed to the possible variants of film gray or film off-white.” FilmWhiteQualityConflictWesternMoodSettingSettingsDefinedGenreToneSubtleGrayConventionsGangstersNoirFilm Noir Author:Paul Schrader
“Concrete, Steel & Paint portrays the core values of restorative justice-respect, responsibility and relationships-expressed through art. it is art that involves victims, offenders and communities in a dialogue that is sometimes difficult and painful, sometimes reconciling, but always engaging. As one prisoner says in the film, 'We have come together collectively through art.' It will be a great discussion tool for college classes, community groups and others interested in issues of justice, community-building, conflict resolution and socially-engaged art.” ArtSometimesTogetherFilmValuesDifficultCommunityJusticeResponsibilityClassIssuesGroupsBuildingCollegeConflictToolsVictimPaintPainfulCoreDialogueDiscussionEngagedResolutionPrisonerConcreteSteelEngagingConflict ResolutionOffendersCore ValuesCommunity BuildingRestorative Justice Author:Howard Zehr
“In making films, I'm constantly looking for people who are in conflict and who are going to surprise you and challenge you.” PeopleFilmChallengesConflictSurprise Author:Jehane Noujaim
“Whatever is being investigated, created or produced now, in movies or TV, needs to consider the context in which it is being distributed. It's not a vacuum. There are certain universal themes of love, conflict, loyalty or family that are everlasting and that need to be presented in a way that makes it feel relevant, even if it's a period piece. You need to consider what context that film, that story and those characters are being seen in.” IfsWayNeedsFeelsCharacterStoriesFilmCertainPiecesTvsPeriodsConflictUniversalLoyaltyThemeRelevantEverlastingVacuumsUniversal Themes Author:J. J. Abrams
“Once you've started a film you don't become a wet noodle. You must have that conflictual interface because you don't know, and they don't know. It's through conflict that you come out with something that might be different, better than either of you thought to begin with.” KnowsDifferentMightFilmConflictWetInterfacesNoodles Author:Jack Nicholson
“I am myself a professional creator of images, a film-maker. And then there are the images made by the artists I collect, and I have noticed that the images I create are not so very different from theirs. Such images seem to suggest how I feel about being here, on this planet. And maybe that is why it is so exciting to live with images created by other people, images that either conflict with one's own or demonstrate similarities to them.” PeopleFeelsMadeDifferentSeemsFilmArtistPlanetsConflictExcitingCreatorMakersSimilarity Author:Thomas Koerfer
“I'm not interested in going to see films that massively overrepresent men over women. It's lik,e how much more have we got to say about this? Like men in war and dealing with their masculinity in conflict. I just think we've exhausted the landscape.” ThinkingMenWarFilmConflictLandscapeNot InterestedExhaustedMasculinity Author:Romola Garai
“My biggest difference with our film and those kinds of science fiction films is that they are going from one special effect set piece to the next, what we were doing was more of a character study. And I think that is the freedom that you get by doing an Indie film. You can only really do that with a lower budget. So I understand where the conflict is between those two priorities.” ThinkingKindTwoCharacterFilmNextDifferencesFictionStudyPiecesSpecialEffectsConflictScience FictionPrioritiesBudgetsSpecial EffectsIndie Films Author:Duncan Jones
“All films are political, whether they mean to be or not. Star Wars is political. As soon as you have conflict, which is the key to most films, you have politics. It's just that some are more artful with the handling of politics than others.” MeanWarFilmPoliticalStarsKeysConflict Author:Sydney Pollack
“As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.” ImportantFilmCultureDifferencesCommonCasesPoliticianConflictBenefitsFindingsMakersCommon Ground Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“My early films were about self discovery, and films of internal conflict. At that level, they were very personal.” SelfFilmLevelsConflictDiscoverySelf DiscoveryInternalsInternal Conflict Author:Ira Sachs
“I think people are uncomfortable seeing pregnant women, particularly with any kind of conflict. [Pregnancy is] very much a projection of life and love, but it's also very complicated. People have very complicated pregnancies. They could be accidental or people suffer depression, and that was a really interesting thing for me. And a challenging thing. I have not been pregnant. I don't know what that's like, let alone to be really conflicted about it. Acting in the film about pregnancy was a really interesting thing to do.” PeopleThinkingKindFilmSufferingChallengesInterestingActingConflictComplicatedUncomfortablePregnancyPregnantLife And LoveReally InterestingPregnant Women Author:Rose Byrne