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“I think film should raise questions, not give answers. I think film should challenge people to reflect, debate and get by themselves to the answer that fits them.”

People Thinking Giving Should Film Challenges Answers Fit Raises Debate Raises Questions

Author:Diego Luna

“I am constantly asked why I never made other films after 'There's No Business Like Show Business,' the answer is I was never asked.”

Made Shows Film Answers Show Business

Author:Johnnie Ray

“People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer.”

People Giving Film Asks Difficult Answers Dangerous Aim Intention

Book:The seventh seal: a film

Source: The seventh seal: a film

“Working on a novel is very solitary and I get to be the boss. I'm the dictator, so I win every battle. So, in that sense, novels are easier because you don't have to answer to anyone. And then, you go into something like film and there are more cooks in the kitchen, so to speak.”

Film Winning Speak Answers Novel Easier Battle Cooks Kitchen Boss Solitary Dictator Cooks In The Kitchen

Author:Nicholas Sparks

“[Steven Spielberg's films] are comforting, they always give you answers and I don't think they're very clever answers. The success of most Hollywood films these days is down to fact that they're comforting. They tie things up in nice little bows and give you answers, even if the answers are stupid, you go home and you don't have to think about it. The great filmmakers make you go home and think about it.”

Ifs Thinking Giving Littles Facts Home Film Answers Nice Stupid Hollywood Clever These Days Ties Filmmaker Bows Comforting Great Film Very Clever Hollywood Films

Author:Terry Gilliam

“One answer to why public interest in men's tennis has been on the wane in recent years is an essential and unpretty thugishness about the power-baseline style that's become dominant on the tour. Watch Agassi closely sometime...he's amazingly absent of finesse, with movements that look more like a heavy-metal musician's than an athlete's...what a top PBer really resembles is film of the old Soviet Union putting down a rebellion. It's awesome, but brutally so, with a grinding, faceless quality about its power that renders that power curiously dull and empty.”

“I think all of our guys work hard and want to improve. They want answers, and the film will be the answer. The coaches will collect it and get better. I do not think anybody wants a rebuilding year. That's not something that I have ever said.”

Thinking Want Years Said Hard Film Guy Answers Hard Work Coaches Get Better Tigers Rebuilding Lsu

Author:Les Miles

“I'm interested in making films that ask questions and don't particularly provide answers.”

Film Asks Answers

Author:George Clooney

“I like films that deal with some of those questions that you can never answer. Why are we here? What's it about? What happens to us with the choices that we make? What are the ramifications for doing something right, or doing something wrong? Those universal questions, I enjoy.”

Happens Film Choices Enjoy Answers Deals Universal Ramifications

Author:Dominic Monaghan

“The dream and the film are the juxtaposition of images in order to answer a question.”

Dream Film Order Answers Juxtaposition

Book:On directing film

Source: On directing film

“Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think that's ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think. If there are more answers at the end, then surely it is a richer experience.”

Ifs Thinking Giving Ends Film Simple Answers Rooms Entertainment Deny Cynical Viewers

Author:Michael Haneke