“Lots of TV is kind of becoming almost the new form for adult storytelling and cinema, but still with some independent films you still have those kind of jewels that people are able to make and it takes a lot of effort.” PeopleKindStillsAbleFilmFormEffortTvsBecomingAdultsIndependentStorytellingCinemaJewelsIndependent Film Author:Alicia Vikander
“Dancer, bride, runaway wife, radical filmmaker and pioneer - Shirley Clarke is one of the great undertold stories of American independent cinema.” StoriesWifeIndependentRadicalCinemaFilmmakerDancerBridesPioneersRunaway Author:Manohla Dargis
“Forget the grand plan. Forget the master scheme. Forget control. That is the bleak but true basis of independent cinema. Inch by motherfuking inch we must, because we have no other choice.” ChoicesForgetPlansMastersBasesIndependentCinemaInchesSchemesBleak Author:Oliver Stone
“For any movement to emerge, it has to be innovatively independent from the mainstream cinema, and I don't see that much.” MovementIndependentCinemaMainstream Author:Haile Gerima
“They seem much rarer now, those auteur films that come out of a director's imagination and are elliptical and hermetic. All those films that got me into independent cinema when I was watching it seem thin on the ground.” SeemsFilmImaginationDirectorsIndependentCinemaAuteurs Author:Toby Jones
“In a sense I feel very much a part of the cinema now in a way where when I come back to the theater now I feel like a visitor. The cinema is really what I enjoy. I want to do more independent movies.” WayWantFeelsEnjoyTheaterIndependentCinemaVisitors Author:Brian Cox
“If people go to IMDB, they will see that I'm very comfortable with independent cinema, and doing studio films too. For me this is not an either/or situation.” PeopleIfsFilmSituationComfortableIndependentStudiosCinemaEither Or Author:Spike Lee
“Never seek financial independence in independent cinema since independent cinema doesn't make money.” IndependentIndependenceFinancialMaking MoneyCinemaFinancial Independence Author:Mitra Farahani
“The American independent cinema is as formulaic as Hollywood and one genre is what you might call the 'inaction movie'. The setting is invariably a decaying town in a regional backwater where a catalytic stranger or returning native meets up with a group of sad, eccentric outsiders.” MightGroupsHollywoodTownsIndependentStrangerSettingSettingsGenreCinemaNativeOutsidersInactionEccentricGenre Is Author:Philip French
“Studio movies are looking more like independent movies and independent movies are looking more like studio movies, and I think cinema is better now because of it.” ThinkingIndependentStudiosCinemaBetter Now Author:Mark Ruffalo
“The rise of video on demand will make it possible for small movies to earn back costs via $9.95 24-hour rentals and for people in cities without independent cinemas to see the kind of movies they never have before. That's great - but on the other hand, that's TV.” PeopleKindHandsHoursCitiesTvsCostDemandIndependentVideoCinema Author:David Edelstein
“Yes, a lot of European cinema and a lot of independent films and art-house stuff. She is a photographer. She is a visual artist and photographer and my dad is, too. My mum, I must credit for showing me good films. With my career, my parents were great and though they were a little wary, maybe, of the acting ambitions they have always been supportive.” LittlesArtFilmArtistHouseStuffParentActingCareersDadAmbitionIndependentPhotographerMy DadCreditCinemaVisualsMumSupportiveIndependent FilmVisual ArtGood FilmsVisual Artist Author:Mia Wasikowska
“I would tend to be drawn to independent cinema as a viewer, probably more than the big blockbuster.” BigsIndependentCinemaViewersBlockbuster Author:Ewan McGregor
“That's the thing with independent cinema: They all get good reviews, and they don't make money. Some of them are good. Some are great. And some are terrible.” TerribleIndependentMaking MoneyCinemaReviews Author:Robert Englund
“['American Dream' will be released] probably never.Never in the United States because there's no room for independent cinema.” StatesDreamUnitedRoomsUnited StatesIndependentCinemaAmerican Dream Author:Janusz Kaminski
“The quality of mainstream cinema has changed. A lot of independent voices feel they can leave everything behind and make independent films.” FeelsFilmVoiceBehindsQualityChangedIndependentCinemaMainstreamIndependent Film Author:Anurag Kashyap
“I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with cinema.” FilmHorrorIndependentGenreCinemaHalloweenHorror GenreHappy Halloween Author:Guillermo del Toro