“I worked a great deal then, as you can only do on a set theme, absolved from the obligation to find a new fact, a new subject every day.” FactsDealsSubjectsObligationTheme Book:Rico Lebrun: Paintings and Drawings 1946-1961 Source: Rico Lebrun: Paintings and Drawings 1946-1961
“I think Bergman's films have eternal relevance, because they deal with the difficulty of personal relationships and lack of communication between people and religious aspirations and mortality, existential themes that will be relevant a thousand years from now. When many of the things that are successful and trendy today will have been long relegated to musty-looking antiques, his stuff will still be great.” PeopleThinkingYearsLongHas BeensStillsTodayFilmStuffReligiousDealsSuccessfulCommunicationThousandEternalDifficultyAspirationThemeMortalityRelevantExistentialThousand YearsRelevanceAntiquesPersonal RelationshipsTrendyBergmanLack Of Communication Author:Woody Allen
“Work sustains us as bodies and it consumes a great deal of energy. The conservation of energy is the component theme of Buddhist practice and yoga. That is why people live in monasteries.” PeopleBodySuccessEnergyDealsCareersPracticeBuddhismYogaBuddhistThemeConservationComponentsMonasteriesEnergy Conservation Author:Frederick Lenz
“The greatest sci-fis, in my mind, are two things: They're what-ifs - what if this happened, and you get to see it - but they're also these philosophical cautionary tales. They deal with the underlying themes beneath the what-if.” IfsMindTwoDealsHappenedPhilosophicalTalesThemeTwo ThingsWhat IfCautionary Tales Author:Bryce Dallas Howard
“When making a film, I'm never concerned about whether the theme is new or whether it's been done before in cinema or not. I'm led to make films if there's a theme that interests me or I experience something in my own life that confronts me with something that I want to deal with.” IfsWantDoneFilmInterestMy OwnDealsConcernedCinemaThemeMy Own Life Author:Michael Haneke
“My major preoccupation is the question, 'What is reality ?' Many of my stories and novels deal with psychotic states or drug-induced states by which I can present the concept of a multiverse rather than a universe. Music and sociology are themes in my novels, also radical political trends; in particular I've written about fascism and my fear of it.” I CanStatesStoriesRealityPoliticalUniverseDealsNovelWrittenParticularDrugMajorsConceptsRadicalThemeTrendsFascismSociologyPreoccupationPsychoticMultiverse Author:Philip K. Dick
“Making a film is like making a mixtape. You're collecting all this stuff and putting your favorite stuff into it: you have actors that you like, characters that you're interested in, moments you want to explore, themes you want to deal with, music that you want to put in. It's a pastiche of all these things that deal with how you see the world. You're just trying to make a love letter, a gift.” WorldWantTryingMomentsCharacterFilmActorsStuffDealsLettersThemeCollectingYour FavoriteLove LetterMixtapesPastiche Author:Derek Cianfrance
“There are themes that somehow stir me and that I find very interesting. They're themes that deal with leadership, the nature of bravery and courage, and how to define those.” InterestingDealsBraveryThemeVery InterestingBravery And Courage Author:Stephen Lang