“We live in a world with "free" content, and this freedom is not an imperfection. We listen to the radio without paying for the songs we hear; we hear friends humming tunes that they have not licensed. We tell jokes that reference movie plots without the permission of the directors. We read our children books, borrowed from a library, without paying the original copyright holder for the performance rights.” WorldChildrenBookSongRightsDirectorsJokesPerformancesOur ChildrenOriginalsLibraryRadioTunesPlotImperfectionPermissionBorrowedCopyrightHummingChildren BookChildrens Book Author:Lawrence Lessig
“What I'm always afraid of is going "off-book,I always get upset when the director leaves the classic comic that was so very popular. I argued, and I won't say with who about what, but when we go way away from the original source material... that material is popular for a reason and I like to stick with it.” WayBookReasonMaterialsSourceDirectorsOriginalsSticksComicUpsetClassicVery Popular Author:Lauren Shuler Donner
“I look for the character to be something interesting, the script to have a good story and be original, and a director that I admire.” LooksCharacterStoriesInterestingDirectorsOriginalsScriptsAdmireGood StorySomething Interesting Author:Josh Hartnett
“There's nothing really original. Alien was a B-movie. Five directors passed on it before me. Because I was into Heavy Metal, I read it, and thought, "Wow, I want to do this." I was on a plane to Hollywood in 22 hours. It was a B-movie and was elevated to an A-plus movie by sheer good taste.” WantHoursFiveTasteDirectorsHollywoodOriginalsHeavyAliensPlanesPlusWowMetalsSheerGood TasteHeavy Metal Author:Ridley Scott
“I was well aware of that when I heard they were remaking 'Total Recall.' My first reaction was: 'Ewww, really okay?' And the director said you should really look at it, the script is good. I had already done a remake. I had just finished 'Fright Night.' When I heard about that being remade, I had a whole ego thing... remake?. 'That is so uncool! I loved the original, I can't possibly do that.” ShouldFirstsWellsLooksSaidI CanDoneWholeNightHeardDirectorsEgoOkayOriginalsScriptsFinishedReactionsRecallsFrightRemakesUncoolTotal Recall Author:Colin Farrell
“My advice to female directors is not to wait until you feel like your ideas have been pre-certified or until you think you've gotten some approval for them. Then it's too late! Follow your gut. That's hard to do, but the only way to be original.” ThinkingWayFeelsHas BeensIdeasHardWaitingAdviceLike YouDirectorsLateFemaleOriginalsGutsToo LateApproval Author:Abigail Disney
“I always go back to the original material. I want a good connection as the composer and writer of the score to the director and to the source material. It's really important.” WantImportantMaterialsSourceDirectorsConnectionsOriginalsScoreComposer Author:Howard Shore
“Jimmy [Dean] was the most talented and original actor I ever saw work. He was also a guerrilla artist who attacked all restrictions on his sensibility. Once he pulled a switchblade and threatened to murder his director. I imitated his style in art and in life. It got me in a lot of trouble.” ArtArtistActorsSawsTroubleStyleDirectorsMurderOriginalsSensibilityThreatenedRestrictionJimmyDeanGuerrillas Author:Dennis Hopper
“I'm a huge fan of director's cuts or reassemblies if they're good, but I remember being really excited about the restored version of Apocalypse Now, and then I preferred the original film. Kingdom of Heaven as a director's cut is the real picture, but in fact someone recently told me that there was another cut, the original first cut, which he said was just extraordinary. I've never seen it - and of course now I want to, if it exists, and so would everybody else.” IfsWantFirstsSaidRealFactsRememberFilmCoursesHeavenCuttingFansHugeDirectorsOriginalsExtraordinaryExcitedKingdomsVersionsBeing RealNow And ThenApocalypseKingdom Of Heaven Author:William Monahan
“I was writing a film criticism book on Sergio Corbucci, the director who did the original Django. So, I was kind of getting immersed in his world. Towards the end of the Inglourious Basterds press tour I was in Japan. Spaghetti Westerns are really popular there, so I picked up a bunch of soundtracks and spent my day off listening to all these scores. And all of a sudden the opening scene just came to me.” WorldWritingKindBookEndsFilmListeningSceneDirectorsCriticismOriginalsPressesBunchOpeningScoreJapanSoundtracksDays OffSpaghettiReally PopularFilm CriticismDjango Author:Quentin Tarantino
“One of the first decisions I made, as the director of "Hide and Seek," was that our film would be silent and use underscoring of original music that I was planning on composing. The decision was mostly predicated on knowing how time consuming the editing of dialogue can be and given the various locations we shot in, I didn't want to worry about having to mix room tones in such a short amount of time.” WantFirstsMadeUseWould BeFilmGivenDecisionRoomsWorryKnowingAmountDirectorsShotsOriginalsSilentVariousPlanningDialogueToneEditingLocationConsumingComposingTime ConsumingHide And SeekOriginal Music Author:Garth Kravits
“Most of the books that I've adapted I'm doing because I love the book and I feel like it's a great work of art in itself, and when it's a great book I feel as a director or a writer that I have a responsibility to rise to the level of the original. It makes me try to reach higher.” FeelsTryingArtBookLevelsResponsibilityHigherDirectorsOriginalsWorks Of ArtGreat WorkAdaptedGreat Book Author:James Franco
“Curiously enough, the only two plays that I've done very much revision on were the two adaptations - even though the shape of them was pretty much determined by the original work. With my own plays, the only changes, aside from taking a speech out here, putting one in there (if I thought I dwelled on a point a little too long or didn't make it explicit enough), are very minor; but even though they're very minor - having to do with the inability of actors or the unwillingness of the director to go along with me - I've always regretted them.” IfsLittlesLongTwoDoneEnoughPlayActorsMy OwnShapesDirectorsSpeechOriginalsDeterminedMinorsInabilityAdaptationExplicitRevision Book:Conversations with Edward Albee Source: Conversations with Edward Albee
“John Carpenter created the idea of Halloween, so his vision remains the most focused and intelligently directed of the series. The directors that have followed have kept the original intent of the concept.” IdeasVisionDirectorsConceptsOriginalsRemainsSeriesFocusedHalloweenCarpenter Author:Donald Pleasence