“The American movie, in part because America's a melting pot, the cultural hodgepodge that America makes, generates movies that have appeal across all international boundaries. And that's really not true for most domestic film industries. It's no longer true of France and Italy, less true than it used to be of the U.K.” AmericaFilmUsedIndustryInternationalBoundariesUsed To BeFranceAppealsPotMeltingFilm IndustryMelting PotAmerican Movie Author:Howard Stringer
“Don't let's ask for the moon.We have the stars.” FilmAsksStarsMoonAll TimeCinemaMovieHelloMovie StarInstituteGreat AmericanMovie LoveGreat FilmMovie BusinessAmerican MovieAmerican FilmGreat YearFilm StarsInstitutesMoon And StarsGreatest MovieAll Time Best MovieFilms And MoviesClassic MovieAll Time GreatestQuoting MoviesIconic MovieMovie Lines Author:Casey Robinson
“The Deer Hunter is securely on my list of American movie events, by which I mean those films that aspired to the whole equation, to be show business and art at the same time.” MeanArtWholeShowsFilmEventsHollywoodListsHuntersEquationsShow BusinessDeerAmerican MovieDeer Hunter Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“We have a thriving subculture of 'independent' American movies that makes an impact on America as a whole roughly equivalent to that of a the modern literary novel. These are the films sincere viewers marry, whereas, once upon a time, movies were a lifetime of one night stands.” WholeAmericaFilmNightNovelModernHollywoodIndependentImpactLifetimeSincereViewersOne NightOnce Upon A TimeAmerican MovieOne Night StandSubculture Author:Edward Jay Epstein