“It was really important to try to reach a whole new audience so we had a lot of people in who not only had not seen the last film but were not Star Trek fans, or thought of themselves as not being Star Trek fans, or they had seen bits and pieces of Star Trek in the past and it was just not for them.” PeopleTryingImportantWholeLastsPastFilmStarsBitsAudiencePiecesFansBits And Pieces Author:Bryan Burk
“Some period pieces are shot slightly objectively, a little bit, and some call it stuffy or dusty or old fashioned. I always felt that some of the films that I admire the most are the ones where they're intimate with the characters.” LittlesCharacterFilmFeltBitsPiecesPeriodsLittle BitShotsAdmireIntimateOld Fashioned Author:Nikolaj Arcel
“To me, a film is like a piece of architecture. There are so many details that all, in the end, end up being one thing.” EndsFilmPiecesOne ThingDetailsArchitecture Author:Andre Øvredal
“If I have a blank piece of paper and I draw a red figure, immediately this brings sounds and shapes to my mind. I tried to make a film in which every component supports the others while giving each other space and stimulating the creation of what's yet to come.” IfsGivingMindFilmSoundSpaceSupportPiecesFiguresCreationShapesPaperDrawsRedBlankComponents Author:Alex Abreu
“Warner Brothers had to hire [a stunt double] and no one thought a child could do this. Billy Friedkin came to me before we were filming [The Exorcist] and said "if you do not do all of this film, the film will be a joke." It's why they stripped the makeup down to the bare minimum, a piece on my chin, piece across my mouth that disfigured my mouth. You have scars here. Take away my eyebrows. It was my real hair. Shampoo was put in it that dried.” IfsChildrenSaidRealFilmPiecesBrotherHairJokesMouthsMakeupScarMinimumEyebrowsChinsShampooExorcistWarner BrothersReal Hair Author:Linda Blair
“In terms of it being a first screenplay, literally, my hat is off to him [Wally Pfister]. I didn't see any virgin blather in screen direction, or anything like that. It was just a wonderfully executed piece, and a complicated one. The mathematics involved in putting this film together, between Jack and Wally, and the great support of Alcon, it was not a easy little operetta.” FirstsLittlesTogetherFilmEasyTermSupportPiecesInvolvedMathematicsComplicatedScreensHatsVirginsScreenplaysBlather Author:Johnny Depp
“I think we tried to make a film [Moon] that was about human beings as opposed to going from one special effects set piece to the next one, which is what a lot of science fiction films these days do.” ThinkingHumansFilmNextHuman BeingsFictionPiecesSpecialEffectsMoonScience FictionThese DaysThe Next OneSpecial Effects Author:Duncan Jones
“My biggest difference with our film and those kinds of science fiction films is that they are going from one special effect set piece to the next, what we were doing was more of a character study. And I think that is the freedom that you get by doing an Indie film. You can only really do that with a lower budget. So I understand where the conflict is between those two priorities.” ThinkingKindTwoCharacterFilmNextDifferencesFictionStudyPiecesSpecialEffectsConflictScience FictionPrioritiesBudgetsSpecial EffectsIndie Films Author:Duncan Jones
“If I add a negative element to the piece, you are not a villain necessarily but you bring a stronger, more negative aspect to the film, and if you don't do that, the film goes off balance where you can't worry about likability, you have to come in and play the part the best way that you can.” IfsWayPlayFilmWorryPiecesBalanceElementsNegativeAspectStrongerAddBest WayVillain Author:Alec Baldwin
“Carrie was a terrific piece of work. At the end of the movie comes, when Amy Irving kneels down to put the flowers on Carrie's grave, a hand comes up through the grave and seizes her by the arm. The audience went to the roof, totally to the roof. It was just the most amazing reaction. And I thought, 'We have a monster hit on our hands. Brian De Palma has done something new. He's actually created a shock ending that shocks an audience that was ready for a horror film.' And there were several people who did it after that.” PeopleEndsDoneHandsFilmAudiencePiecesReadyFlowerArmsHorrorCome UpMonstersGravesReactionsShockCarrieSomething NewRoofTerrificAmyMost AmazingHorror FilmBrian Author:Stephen King
“There's a difference between watching a film and watching a bit of cinema and enjoying a film as a piece of cinema.” FilmBitsEnjoyDifferencesPiecesCinema Author:Nick Frost
“I was just doing bits and pieces of acting in the UK. I'd been in the film Breaking and Entering - Anthony Minghella gave me my start and I miss him dearly. Then I made the trip out to LA, during one of their pilot seasons, which was when they were developing Gossip Girl, and I auditioned, and things came together.” MadeTogetherFilmGirlBitsActingPiecesMissingSeasonsDevelopingGossipPilotsEnteringBits And PiecesGossip GirlBreaking And Entering Author:Ed Westwick
“We live in an era where each of us has a massive catalog of film and television available through the internet at the swipe of a finger. To get folks out of their homes for a piece of art or entertainment, I think you need to offer something they can't get on Netflix or Amazon.” ThinkingNeedsArtHomeFilmPiecesTelevisionInternetOffersFingersFolksEntertainmentAvailableErasMassiveAmazonNetflixFilm And Television Author:Nick Blaemire
“I was extremely shy. And I simply didn't know how to go about it. It seemed a lot easier to write than to make films. All I needed was a pencil and a piece of paper, whereas filmmaking was something I had no access to.” KnowsWritingFilmKnow HowPiecesNeededEasierPaperAccessShyFilmmakingPencils Author:Paul Auster