“I had a terrible motorcycle accident (in the 1970s), in San Francisco as matter of fact. Doing a picture called... oh, this is terrible. It's a very well-known film and I can't remember the name. That's what happens when you get older... I fell off a bridge in San Francisco and was laid up for two years.” YearsWellsI CanTwoMatterFactsHappensRememberFilmNamesKnownTerribleAccidentsBridgesTwo YearsWell KnownSan FranciscoMotorcycleMatter Of Fact Author:William Lucking
“The whole thing about making films in an organic film on location is that it's not all about characters, relationships and themes, it's also about place and the poetry of place. It's about the spirit of what you find, the accidents of what you stumble across.” WholeCharacterFilmSpiritAccidentsThemeLocation Author:Mike Leigh
“The director is simply the audience. So the terrible burden of the director is to take the place of that yawning vacuum, to be the audience and to select from what happens during the day which movement shall be a disaster and which a gala night. His job is to preside over accidents.” HappensJobsFilmNightAudienceMovementTerribleDirectorsBurdenAccidentsDisasterSelectVacuumsYawning Author:Orson Welles
“The reality of any location in Britain being used in a TV program of a film is that something bad is going to happen! That's the nature of drama. Most of the things that get made or basically grisly detective shows about murders, accidents or medical dramas.” MadeShowsRealityHappensFilmUsedTvsDramaProgramMurderAccidentsMedicalBritainLocationDetectives Author:Ben Wheatley