“Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.” WholeTogetherActorsDirectorsMovieFilmmakingWhole Picture Author:Julia Leigh
“A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.” ShouldEndsStoriesOrderMiddleDirectorsShould HaveFilmmakerMovieRacistFilmmakingMovie DirectorBeginning Middle And EndRelay Races Author:Jean-Luc Godard
“There seems to be an assumption that if you're offended by movie brutality, you are somehow playing into the hands of the people who want censorship. But this would deny those of us who don't believe in censorship the use of the only counter-balance: the freedom of the press to say that there's anything conceivably damaging in these films - the freedom to analyze their implications. How can people go on talking about the dazzling brilliance of movies and not notice that the directors are sucking up to the thugs in the audience?” PeopleIfsWantBelieveUseHandsSeemsFilmTalkingAudienceViolenceGoes OnBalanceDirectorsPressesDon't BelieveDenyAssumptionMovieCensorshipOffendedImplicationsBrillianceBrutalityThugFreedom Of The PressDazzling Author:Pauline Kael
“At the movies, we are gradually being conditioned to accept violence as a sensual pleasure. The directors used to say they were showing us its real face and how ugly it was in order to sensitize us to its horrors. You don't have to be very keen to see that they are now in fact desensitizing us.” RealFactsFacesUsedOrderPleasureAcceptingViolenceHorrorDirectorsUglySensualMovieSensual Pleasure Book:For Keeps Source: For Keeps
“I discovered early in my movie work that a movies never any better than the stupidest man connected with it. There are times when this distinction may be given to the writer or director. Most often it belongs to the producer.” MenMayActorsGivenDirectorsConnectedProducersMovieDistinctionStupidest Author:Ben Hecht
“It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today.” StoriesTodayActorsImaginationFiveTalentDirectorsSkillsCraftsMovieSecondsFilmmakingCompellingInnovativeFormat Author:Michael Apted