“It's a mistake and misconception to think that one has to state everything clearly and simply for the audience to be able to follow the character, and this is what is bringing American cinema down from its position in the classic golden period. There's this misapprehension that the audience is not smart.” ThinkingStatesCharacterAbleMistakeAudiencePositionPeriodsSmartGoldenCinemaClassicMisconception Author:Asghar Farhadi
“There is no crisis in cinema. There are negative periods. There are times when some films are received well and others aren't. The past teaches us that some films were received badly, while others go sailing on.” WellsPastFilmTeachPeriodsNegativeCrisisCinemaSailing Author:Vittorio De Sica
“To evoke the classic period of Italian cinema in a little film seemed like a great, fun thing to do. I had relations to that period. I had known Fellini and I had known Antonioni. I had made a movie with Antonioni and I had visited Fellini in his studios. So, it seemed like something worthwhile doing. You bring yourself to that mythical cinema.” LittlesMadeFilmFunKnownPeriodsRelationStudiosCinemaThings To DoClassicItalianWorthwhileLike SomethingEvokeDoing YouFun Things Author:Wim Wenders
“There was a period of cinema, in the mid-90's, that I was a huge fan of, with Heat and Seven, and the Tarantino era. If I've ever been fanatical, it was about those films.” IfsFilmFansHugePeriodsSevenErasCinemaHeatTarantino Author:Rockne S. O'Bannon
“I enjoy going back to work now because cinema is going through an exciting period because young people are now going back to the movie theaters. But things are different though.” PeopleDifferentYoungEnjoyPeriodsExcitingTheaterCinemaBack To WorkMovie TheaterGoing Back To Work Author:Joan Chen
“I am still associated with a heroic period in French cinema, and my name remains linked to this period.” StillsNamesPeriodsRemainsCinemaHeroicLinkedFrench Cinema Author:Jean-Luc Godard