“The great thing about filming a film is that you all have your final day's shooting, but you always know that you're all going to be coming back for the premiere.” KnowsFilmFinalsGreat ThingsShootingComing BackPremieres Author:Matthew Lewis
“The Conversation' was the first film I edited on a flatbed machine - a KEM editing machine. I've been using Final Cut or the AVID for 12 years now, so I was interested in looking at this film and seeing if I could tell if it had been edited the old way.” IfsWayYearsFirstsFilmCuttingSeeingConversationMachinesFinalsIf I CouldEditingEditedOld WaysAvid Author:Walter Murch
“They say now in America that final cut doesn't mean anything. As Harvey Weinstein said to some film-maker, 'You can have final cut. I'll open your film in Arkansas.'” MeanSaidAmericaFilmCuttingFinalsMakersHarveyArkansas Author:Mira Nair
“All I can say is that with 'The Golden Compass,' I didn't get to make the movie I had planned to make. When I look at the film, at the casting and certain scenes, I'm very happy. As for the final product, I can't vouch for that.” LooksI CanFilmCertainProductsSceneFinalsGoldenVery HappyCastingCompass Author:Chris Weitz
“A film is born in my head and I kill it on paper. It is brought back to life by the actors and then killed in the camera. It is then resurrected into a third and final life in the editing room where the dismembered pieces are assembled into their finished form.” FilmFormActorsBornRoomsPiecesPaperThirdsCamerasFinalsFinishedEditing Author:Robert Bresson
“I always figured that once I wrapped a film, then anything beyond that is none of my business. If I can avoid seeing the final product, then all I have in my head is feeling good about the experience.” IfsI CanFeelingsFilmSeeingProductsFinalsFeel Good Author:Johnny Depp
“I'm an independent filmmaker with complete creative control of my films. I hire who I want. I have final cut. But at the same time, I go directly to Hollywood for financing and distribution. I find it's best for me to work within the Hollywood system.” WantFilmCreativeCuttingHollywoodIndependentFinalsFilmmakerDistributionFinancing Book:Spike Lee: Interviews Source: Spike Lee: Interviews
“For each final photograph, I'll have shot loads of film. I suppose people don't see all that. But when someone looks at a piece of work, they know something has gone into it, even if they can't lay their finger on what it is.” PeopleIfsKnowsLooksFilmGonePiecesShotsLaysFingersFinalsPhotographLoad Author:Catherine Yass
“Michael made his debut in John Carpenter's 1978 horror classic, Halloween, possibly the best scare movie to come along in the last twenty-five years. With the release of the sixth (and hopefully final) movie to bear the Halloween moniker, we see how far the mighty have fallen. In the final analysis, The Curse of Michael Myers is a horrific motion picture just not in the way the film makers intended.” WayYearsMadeLastsFilmFiveBearsHorrorTwentiesFinalsReleaseHopefullyAnalysisCurseFallenClassicFive YearsMakersScareHalloweenTwenty FiveHorrificCarpenterMotion PicturesDebutMichael Myers Author:James Berardinelli
“Both as a filmmaker and as a fan I love the behind-the-scenes stuff, I like it even more than deleted scenes frankly. Especially when you're happy with the movie and you're proud of it, those deleted scenes give you also a sense of the making of the film and the process through which you end up with the final product.” GivingEndsFilmStuffProcessBehindsFansProductsProudSceneFinalsFilmmakerBehind The ScenesStuff I Like Author:Simon Kinberg
“When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself in and helps the final work. Whereas, with projects that are meticulously planned, you look at the end result and it is full of emptiness.” LooksEndsStatesHelpingFilmResultsProjectsFinalsWorriedFilmmakerEmptinessEnd Results Author:Abbas Kiarostami