“My favorite films, I would put my answering machine up to the television set and hit record. I'd tape my favorite movies and then I could go back and listen to them again. I only had the soundtrack, I didn't have the visuals. But I think it made me really pay attention to the soundtracks.” ThinkingMadeFilmPayAttentionRecordsTelevisionMachinesMy FavoritePay AttentionVisualsTapeSoundtracksAnswering Machines Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“Well, visual language is another boring discussion about the nature of film.” WellsFilmLanguageBoringDiscussionVisuals Author:Alan Rudolph
“I knew I had to write a good screenplay to be taken seriously, and I knew I needed to present Mississippi on visuals instead of just saying, 'Hey I wanted to film it in Mississippi.' It would seem like it was a hometown boy just wanting to be home.” WritingHomeSeemsWantedFilmBoysTakenNeededHeyVisualsScreenplaysMississippiHometownJust Saying Author:Tate Taylor
“Advertizing, television and film all wield mighty powers to visually seduce us, while much fine art leaves us indifferent, confused or, at worst, repulsed. There is a desperate need for creative Christians to redeem the visual arena from both forms of excess, cutting through all the false glamour, tawdry baseness and dense obfuscation.” NeedsArtChristianFilmFormCultureChristianityCreativeCuttingWorstTelevisionFineConfusedVisualsDesperateExcessIndifferentArenaGlamourFine ArtsDenseSeducingBasenessObfuscation Author:John Walford
“. . . you [film critics] always overstress the value of images. You judge films in the first place by their visual impact instead of looking for content. This is a great disservice to the cinema. It is like judging a novel only by the quality of its prose. I was guilty of the same sin when I first started writing for the cinema. . . . Now I feel that only the literary mind can help the movies out of that cul de sac into which they have been driven by mere technicians and artificers.” FeelsWritingMindFirstsHas BeensHelpingFilmValuesSinQualityNovelJudgingImpactMereCriticsDrivenGuiltyCraftsCinemaVisualsProseTechniciansDisserviceFilm Critics Author:Orson Welles
“There are so many films now where you know the story is a supporting role to the visual effects.” KnowsStoriesFilmRolesEffectsVisualsSupporting RolesVisual Effects Author:Ricky Gervais
“I was thinking about sort of the similarities between "art movies" and lowbrow movies like kitschy sexploitation films. I think they share certain qualities, whether they're hyper-stylized or overly emotive or just very visual.” ThinkingArtFilmCertainQualityShareVisualsSimilarityHyperLowbrow Author:John Waters
“The great thing about visual horror films is there's real potential for strong, beautiful imagery. It's the one genre that really lends itself to creating strong images. And I've always loved that idea of windmills - your mind aimlessly spinning.” MindIdeasRealBeautifulFilmStrongHorrorCreatingGreat ThingsGenreVisualsImagerySpinningHorror FilmWindmills Author:Tim Burton
“A decade or so ago, all over the world, cinemas underwent one of those prince-into-frog mutations, and became, instead popcorn-restaurants, which offered the option of visual diversions for diners.” WorldFilmHollywoodDecadesCinemaRestaurantsVisualsFrogsPopcornDiversionMutationDiners Author:Kevin Myers
“A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama school.” ThinkingShouldSchoolFilmActorsDramaDirectorsFocusedVisuals Author:Eva Green
“Each time you do a film you gain a lot of experience and build a visual resume where people get to know who you are.” PeopleKnowsFilmGainsWho You AreVisualsResumes Author:Pam Grier