“I think a lot of the most interesting work in art and in films are often kind of polarized opinions and affect people in very different ways, which may be less successful commercially, but they elicit a dialogue that's quite interesting.” PeopleThinkingWayKindMayArtDifferentFilmInterestingOpinionSuccessfulDialogueDifferent WaysMost Interesting Author:Lily Cole
“I think it's a shame when the arts have to suffer because of corporate greed. People will always strive to make film, and the only important thing is that we keep trying to make ourselves heard and keep making our films, no matter what the climate is.” PeopleThinkingTryingArtImportantMatterFilmSufferingHeardShameNo Matter WhatImportant ThingsClimateStriveGreedCorporateKeep TryingCorporate Greed Author:Paddy Considine
“American films are the best films. This is a fact. Cinema is - along with Jazz - the great American art form. And cinema in a very real sense created the American identity that has been exported around the world.” WorldHas BeensArtRealFactsFilmFormIdentityJazzAround The WorldCinemaGreat AmericanAmerican FilmBest FilmAmerican Identity Author:Ben Dreyfuss
“I think what's important for myself and anyone else who wants to create a film, or art, is [to] make sure that they have something to say, that they want to share something important, express something important.” ThinkingWantArtImportantFilmShareArt IsWhat's Important Author:Tom Ford
“The motion picture is like journalism in that, more than any of the other arts, it confers celebrity. Not just on people - on acts, and objects, and places, and ways of life. The camera brings a kind of stardom to them all. I therefore doubt that film can ever argue effectively against its own material: that a genuine antiwar film, say, can be made on the basis of even the ugliest battle scenes ... No matter what filmmakers intend, film always argues yes.” PeopleWayKindArtMadeMatterFilmDoubtObjectsMaterialsSceneBattleBasesCamerasNo Matter WhatArguingGenuineJournalismFilmmakerMovieAntiwarMotion PicturesStardom Author:Renata Adler
“No form of art repeats or imitates successfully all that can be said by another; the writer conveys his experience of life along a channel of communication closed to painter, mathematician, musician, film-maker.” ArtSaidFilmFormArtistCommunicationMusicianPainterRepeatsMakersMathematician Book:Parthian Words Source: Parthian Words
“The Arts, especially film, transcend all cultural barriers, hopefully offering an avenue where all people can find a common place to meet, understand each other, and nurture a safe world for all our children to grow strong within.” PeopleWorldChildrenArtFilmStrongGrowsCommonSafeOur ChildrenHopefullyBarriersOfferingNurtureAvenuesCultural Barriers Author:Carson Grant
“Art films aren't necessarily photography. It's feeling. If we can capture a feeling of a people, of a way of life, then we made a good picture.” PeopleIfsWayArtMadeFeelingsFilmPhotographyCaptureArt Films Author:John Cassavetes
“I actually think that my films are intellectual. I think almost everything I do is intellectual, but I would never say that, because that's a compliment. That's up to others to say about me. The same way, I would never say I do art. I think art is up to history. It's up to other people to utter that word. So I try to be humble.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingArtFilmIntellectualArt IsHumbleComplimentBe Humble Author:John Waters
“I don't like making didactic, pedagogical documentaries based on standard formulas of narration: I'm only interested in the ambitious French tradition of the documentaire de création where the film, if successful, is not about something but that something itself. The goal is to incorporate areas of risk and paradox that we associate with cinematic art.” IfsArtFilmGoalSuccessfulRiskStandardsAreasTraditionParadoxFormulasAmbitiousAssociatesDocumentariesCinematicNarrationDidactic Author:Damian Pettigrew
“I think theres escapist moviemaking, and we want to be captivated and taken away. If its done right, you can craft an incredible film. There have been superhero films that I think are brilliant pieces of art.” IfsThinkingWantHas BeensArtDoneFilmTakenPiecesIncrediblesBrilliantCraftsSuperheroCaptivatedEscapists Author:Ryan Reynolds
“I enjoy doing martial arts films, but I like the straight stuff, too. I'd like to go back and do some Shakespeare, and maybe knock out a play or two. It's all about keeping balance.” ArtTwoPlayFilmStuffEnjoyBalanceMartial ArtsArt Films Author:Thomas Ian Griffith
“I love to bring humour into my work. Because comedy is not a huge part of the art world. And big-business film takes itself very seriously.” WorldArtBigsFilmComedyHumourHugeBig BusinessArt World Author:James Franco
“A lot of people don't realize, when you are acting in a martial arts film, you're not just performing martial arts. You're not just performing martial arts. You're actually acting as much as any other actor.” PeopleArtFilmActorsRealizingActingPerformingMartial ArtsArt Films Author:Donnie Yen
“A lot of Chinese martial arts films were based on Chinese martial arts novels. And these novels created a world of putting history, calligraphy, and martial arts into one.” WorldArtFilmNovelChineseMartial ArtsCalligraphyArt Films Author:Donnie Yen
“One thing that I always liked about fashion was that it was tied in with music and art and film.” ArtFilmOne ThingFashionTied Author:Tavi Gevinson
“Directors who have inspired me include Billy Wilder, Federico Fellini, lngmar Bergman, John Ford, Orson Welles, Werner Herzog, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Francis Ford Coppola and Ernst Lubitsch. In art school, I studied painters like Edward Hopper, who used urban motifs, Franz Kafka is my favorite novelist. My approach to film stems from my art background, as I go beyond the story to the sub-conscious mood created by sound and images.” ArtStoriesSchoolFilmUsedSoundDirectorsApproachConsciousInspiredMy FavoriteMoodBackgroundsPainterNovelistsStemUrbanArt SchoolStanleyHitchcockWilderMotifsBergman Author:David Lynch
“The film is the first art form capable of demonstrating how matter plays tricks on man.” MenFirstsArtMatterPlayFilmFormCapableTricksDemonstrating Book:Illuminations Source: Illuminations
“Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western.” ArtFilmWesternChineseMartial ArtsWayneArt Films Author:Ang Lee
“Silent films were, I think, more different than we know to sound films. We think of it as simply that we added dialogue and in actual fact I think it was an entirely different art form.” ThinkingKnowsArtDifferentFactsFilmFormSoundSilentDialogueSilent Films Author:Peter Weir
“You'll see more violence in any television crime series than you will in my films Art is there to have a stimulating effect, if it earns its name. You have to be honest, that's the only thing.” IfsArtFilmNamesViolenceEffectsHonestCrimeTelevisionArt IsSeriesBeing Honest Author:Michael Haneke
“Mr. Cooper said to me that he had an idea for a film in mind. The only thing he'd tell me was that I was going to have the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood. Naturally, I thought of Clark Gable.” MenMindArtSaidIdeasFilmHollywoodEntertainment Author:Fay Wray