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“Western civilization shapes the content of my films, provides me with subjects that haven't been used before.”

Film Used Subjects Havens Civilization Shapes Western Western Civilization

Author:Eric Rohmer

“All my film ideas and subjects have come from photography.”

Ideas Film Subjects Photography

Author:Lauren Greenfield

“My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea, even switch me to different subject matter. So I start out with my mind as free from image as the silver film on which I am to record, and I hope as sensitive.”

Mind May Ideas Different Matter Eye Film My Own Records Subjects Cameras Sensitive Silver Subject Matter Different Subjects

Book:Edward Weston on photography

Source: Edward Weston on photography

“I'm sure there are people in Hollywood, whose main drive in film is to make money, who will feel that any use of the word hijacking or any reference to anything violent or remotely associated with the terrible tragedy that occurred will lose customers for them. And that will be the only criterion that will matter and so they'll force the minions that work for them to remove these things from their movies, or not make movies about that subject.”

People Feels Matter Use Film Force Loses Subjects Terrible Hollywood Tragedy Customers Violent Making Money Remove Criteria Minions Hijacking Terrible Tragedy

Author:Woody Allen

“I write about what I want to write about, and so the film comes out as a very personal expression even if its subject matter is totally prefabricated.”

Ifs Want Writing Matter Film Subjects Expression Subject Matter Personal Expression

Author:Woody Allen

“Is there something in druggy subjects that encourages directors to make imitation film noir? Film noir itself becomes an addiction.”

Film Subjects Directors Addiction Imitation Noir Film Noir

Book:Hooked

Source: Hooked

“A few of my books, over the years, have been optioned for film. The subject matter of my books, however, is not exactly conducive to Hollywood film treatment. If and when a 'big-budget' film is ever made based on one of my books, my fans and I will more than likely loathe it because it won't be true to its source. That's almost a given.”

Ifs Years Has Beens Made Book Matter Bigs Film Given Fans Subjects Source Hollywood Being True Budgets Treatment Subject Matter Loathe Ifs And Hollywood Films

Author:Richard Laymon

“It's an eclectic film and I think we served the novel really well. And we had a great cast who worked for free. Everyone read it and said, I'm in, from Nick [Nolte] to Albert [Finney] to Omar [Epps] to Barbara [Hershey]. We really had fun and shot it in a very short time. I think the subject matter is more topical today, more to the point, than it was 30 years ago, when it concerned the Vietnam War.”

Thinking Years Wells Said War Matter Today Film Fun Novel Subjects Shots Concerned Years Ago Casts Vietnam Vietnam War Subject Matter Short Time Eclectic Barbara Had Fun Omar Hershey

Author:Bruce Willis

“The strength of film is its accessibility and immediacy. But the strength of books is that freedom to really depict anything you want because people are going to be reading it in private. So, I'm always trying to write with the immediacy and the constant motion of film but I'm also trying to write with the complete freedom of subject matter that books have.”

People Want Writing Trying Book Matter Film Reading Subjects Constant Always Trying Subject Matter Accessibility Immediacy Complete Freedom

Author:Chuck Palahniuk

“There's so much more freedom in film as far as subject matter and what can be said. And then, also, the process is different because there's more time. On movies there's just so much freedom and space to explore in front of the camera.”

Said Different Matter Film Process Space Subjects Fronts Cameras More Time Subject Matter

Author:Dave Franco

“I'm organizing documentary films, and whenever scriptwriting gets too tedious I go to my editing room and start to edit the documentary, even if I don't have the full funding yet. So you have to keep yourself busy, you have to like the subject matter.”

Ifs Matter Film Rooms Subjects Busy Editing Documentaries Funding Subject Matter Edits Tedious Documentary Films

Author:Haile Gerima

“I like big escapist films. It's odd because the type of comedian I am and the things I do when I'm writing and directing myself usually deal with the darker side of the human psyche and excruciating social faux pas. I often deal in taboos and the subjects I do as a stand-up are quite challenging. But my film roles have been much more fun and escapist.”

Writing Humans Has Beens Bigs Film Fun Social Sides Challenges Deals Roles Subjects Type Comedian Odd Taboo Human Psyche Escapists Faux Darker Side Faux Pas

Author:Ricky Gervais

“I make some movies for myself. I do that sometimes when the subject matter is very sensitive and very personal and I really can't imagine that I'm an audience member. I would lose myself too much if I thought of myself as the audience. There are other types of genre films that I need to be able to direct from the audience, to be right next to you watching the picture being made.”

Ifs Needs Made Sometimes Matter Able Film Next Loses Audience Too Much Imagine Subjects Type Members Direct Genre Sensitive Imagine That Subject Matter

Author:Steven Spielberg

“A filmmaker should never assume he's superior to his subject. I often find that even the simplest topic remains an enigma. The best film portraits not only evoke that enigma but ingest it in a process that renders what's invisible visible.”

Should Film Process Subjects Remains Assuming Invisible Superiors Filmmaker Visible Portraits Topics Simplest Evoke Enigma Best Film Never Assume

Author:Damian Pettigrew

“I love film, and I think it's so important for kids to be educated about films and real life subjects that films cover.”

Thinking Important Real Kids Film Subjects Real Life Educated Love Films

Author:Nico