“Growing up, my sisters and I would always talk stories. One of my frustrations was I didn't know anything about cameras. I didn't know how to make a film and I obviously didn't have a special effects budget. I was a kid. So I was learning to draw to get down the stuff that was in my head, that I couldn't afford to actually do.” KnowsStoriesKidsFilmStuffKnow HowGrowing UpGrowingSpecialEffectsDrawsCamerasBudgetsFrustrationMy SisterSpecial Effects Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“The work I did in Vertigo meant nothing if no one cared about the movie. Luckily, Vertigo had a revival and people had begun to recognize there was something special and it gained in reputation. But it just as well could have ended up rotting in film cans somewhere.” PeopleIfsWellsFilmSpecialReputationRevivalSomething SpecialRottingNo One CaresVertigo Author:Kim Novak
“Pearl Harbor is a two-hour movie squeezed into three hours, about how on December 7, 1941, the Japanese staged a surprise attack on an American love triangle. Its centerpiece is 40 minutes of redundant special effects, surrounded by a love story of stunning banality. The film has been directed without grace, vision, or originality, and although you may walk out quoting lines of dialog, it will not be because you admire them.” MayHas BeensTwoStoriesFilmThreeHoursLinesWalksVisionGraceMinutesSpecialEffectsSurpriseLove StoryAdmireOriginalityPearlsHarborsDecemberStunningSpecial EffectsTrianglesBanalityLove TriangleQuotingRedundantCenterpiecesSurprise AttacksDecember 7December 7 1941 Author:Roger Ebert
“I don't normally do big movies. I'm new to this world. And I've always been afraid that jumping onto a big budget film, you would lose the relationships in favour of special effects.” WorldBigsFilmLosesSpecialEffectsThis WorldBudgetsFavourJumpingSpecial EffectsBig Movie Author:Anne Hathaway
“There have been times when I've made special arrangements to meet people in music, film, business or politics, and I'll continue to do so if the people are sincere.” PeopleIfsHas BeensMadeFilmSpecialSincereArrangementsRama Author:Frederick Lenz
“The capacity for loving strangers, whether one thinks of them as fictional beings or stars one will never meet, is a profound reflection on the new consciousness whereby every individual leads his or life while aware of all the billions of other people on Earth. Perhaps it is a fantasy or a fallacy that we can feel for so many strangers. Perhaps it is a mask for selfishness. But no matter the modern stress on special effects, there isn't a sight in movies as momentous as shots of a face as its mind is being changed. And only movies have allowed that.” PeopleThinkingFeelsMindMatterEarthFilmFacesIndividualStarsConsciousnessFantasyModernSpecialEffectsChangedReflectionShotsCapacityHollywoodSightStressProfoundStrangerBillionsSelfishnessMaskFallacySpecial Effects Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“Who can now deny the loss of natural light, of skin tones, of real place, and common but precious things in our movies, to be replaced by the gorgeous imagery of things that have never been and never will be? The most special effect in movies is always the human face when its mind is being changed.” MindHumansRealLightFilmFacesNaturalLossCommonSpecialEffectsChangedHollywoodSkinsDenyToneReplacedGorgeousImagerySpecial EffectsPrecious ThingsHuman FacesNatural LightSkin Tone Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“Then I realized my early work did have something special that audiences adored apart from what I humbly thought about them. They occupy a distinguished niche in Italian film history and probably always will.” FilmAudienceSpecialI RealizedItalianDistinguishedNicheSomething SpecialEarly WorkFilm History Author:Dario Argento
“Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film.” YearsTogetherFilmThreeSpecialEffectsLowsStartingFinanceBudgetsThree YearsSpecial Effects Author:Yahoo Serious
“I don't even know why, but my entire career is contemporary films. Entire career! There's no period movies - there's one - but there's no period movies, no special effects movies. I just do character studies and so, some of them are gonna bump into each other, but I love the challenge, with a good script. I love the challenge of playing not a very pleasant or attractive character that seduces an audience or wins an audience over by the end.” KnowsEndsCharacterFilmWinningChallengesCareersAudienceStudySpecialEffectsPeriodsScriptsContemporaryAttractivePleasantBumpsSeducingSpecial Effects Author:Michael Douglas
“Japanese women have always loved my films, even when no one else did. Ever since I made 'Maurice' in the 1980s, I've been getting hundreds of letter from Japanese girls. They definitely have a special place in my heart.” HeartMadeFilmGirlSpecialMy HeartLettersSpecial Places Author:Hugh Grant
“If actors are making a little film with me at 2am in Nashville, they're not doing it to get paid. They're doing it because there's something special about the characters, which helps the film become more interesting.” IfsLittlesCharacterHelpingFilmActorsInterestingSpecialPaidSomething SpecialNashville Author:Dito Montiel
“I think that with piracy and tighter funds being around, people are realising that the game to play is to try and win people's respect with bold film making and then win a special place in people's collections, rather than just having the biggest opening weekends.” PeopleThinkingTryingPlayFilmGamesWinningSpecialOpeningCollectionsFundRealisingWeekendSpecial PlacesPiracy Author:Riz Ahmed
“Ek Main Aur Ek Tu was a very special film for me. Imran and we complement each other very well. He is sugar, and I am spice.” WellsFilmSpecialSugarSpicesComplement Author:Kareena Kapoor
“I like to work in films, but I'd love to work in the technical side of film. I'd love to work with, say, Greg Nicotero [The Walking Dead] in kind of, like, special makeup effects. I'd probably say, "Good with clay and latex." Although I don't know what kind of job that'd get me.” KnowsKindJobsFilmSidesSpecialEffectsWalkingMakeupClayWalking DeadLatex Author:Simon Pegg