“Randy Newman and I grew up together in Los Angeles. We are both products of the film studio era. Randy is one of the great songwriters of our time and one of the fun people to be with.” PeopleTogetherFilmFunProductsGrewGrew UpStudiosErasOur TimeLos AngelesSongwritersSinger SongwritersRandyNewman Author:Leonard Slatkin
“In 1975 Australia was producing things like Picnic at Hanging Rock, in other words films that I would consider still some of the finest products to come out of Australia. I think that our quality now is less than it was then.” ThinkingStillsFilmQualityRocksProductsAustraliaFinestPicnics Author:Ann Macbeth
“All I can say is that with 'The Golden Compass,' I didn't get to make the movie I had planned to make. When I look at the film, at the casting and certain scenes, I'm very happy. As for the final product, I can't vouch for that.” LooksI CanFilmCertainProductsSceneFinalsGoldenVery HappyCastingCompass Author:Chris Weitz
“Most of the complexity of the stories has developed as the stories came along (and may be a product of the principle that "nothing is what it seems"). I did start with some essential ambiguousness in the aliens' motivation and the questions this raises in human minds, which I consider to have been disregarded in Contact (novel and film). That, in part, may be what has delayed the writing of the fifth and sixth novelettes in the series.” WritingMindHumansMayHas BeensStoriesSeemsFilmMotivationPrinciplesNovelProductsEssentialsRaisesSeriesContactAliensComplexityHuman MindFifthAmbiguityDelayedDisregarded Author:James Gunn
“I always figured that once I wrapped a film, then anything beyond that is none of my business. If I can avoid seeing the final product, then all I have in my head is feeling good about the experience.” IfsI CanFeelingsFilmSeeingProductsFinalsFeel Good Author:Johnny Depp
“With films, I just scribble a couple of notes for a scene. You don't have to do any writing at all, you just have your notes for the scene, which are written with the actors and the camera in mind. The actual script is a necessity for casting and budgeting, but the end product often doesn't bear much resemblance to the script--at least in my case.” WritingMindEndsFilmActorsCasesWrittenProductsBearsCoupleSceneCamerasNotesScriptsCastingResemblanceScribblesBudgeting Author:Woody Allen
“It is the fear of death - 24/7 in every shade of hospital white and doomsday black--that sells the pharmaceutical, political, financial, film, and food product promising to make good the wish to live forever.” FilmPoliticalDeathWishBlackWhiteForeverProductsSellsFinancialHospitalsShadeFear Of DeathLive ForeverPharmaceuticalDoomsday Author:Lewis H. Lapham
“Both as a filmmaker and as a fan I love the behind-the-scenes stuff, I like it even more than deleted scenes frankly. Especially when you're happy with the movie and you're proud of it, those deleted scenes give you also a sense of the making of the film and the process through which you end up with the final product.” GivingEndsFilmStuffProcessBehindsFansProductsProudSceneFinalsFilmmakerBehind The ScenesStuff I Like Author:Simon Kinberg
“In a business that has exploited and ignored our people I have only found dead-ends. We need romantic comedies, gross-out and mockery comedies, horror and thrillers, teen movies and love-stories. All these and more will be a positive step towards the future of Native Americans in the world and film industry; an industry that that offers us not only the chance to play the parts of heroes, love interests and warriors, but also of villains, dorks and dangerous, brokenhearted products of circumstance.” PeopleWorldNeedsEndsPlayStoriesFilmFoundInterestChanceStepsComedyDangerousProductsIndustryHeroCircumstancesHorrorOffersAnd LoveLove StoryWarriorNativeVillainNative AmericanIgnoredGrossMockeryThrillersFilm IndustryDead EndsDorkBrokenheartedMovies And LoveFound Dead Author:Misty Upham
“I am a product of Indian cinema; I've grown up watching Indian films ever since I can remember. And song and dance is part of our lives, it's part of our culture we wake up to songs, we sleep to lullabies, you know, we celebrate every religious and traditional function with music.” KnowsI CanRememberFilmSongCultureReligiousSleepOur LivesProductsFunctionWake UpTraditionalCelebrateIndianCinemaLullabySong And Dance Author:Karan Johar
“From a writing standpoint, maybe television is a little more satisfying because it's not all hinging on one thing. You can experiment, week to week, and you can be a little narrower in your scope one week, and then be a little broader the next week. But with film, everything can look the way you want it to look. You can really sculpt the final product. So from a directorial standpoint, film is more satisfying. But, they're both forms of media that I'd like to keep involvement in.” WayWantWritingLooksLittlesFilmFormNextOne ThingWeekMediaTelevisionProductsFinalsExperimentsSatisfyingScopeInvolvementStandpointNext Week Author:Seth MacFarlane
“We need more filmmakers of color telling the story. I'd like to see more filmmakers take their products out independently, put together a good commercial film and distribute it online.” NeedsStoriesTogetherFilmColorProductsFilmmakerOnline Author:Will Packer
“I realized that I really, almost by accident, had fallen into a labyrinthine, very powerful paradigm for dealing with these things through genre films. And once I realized that and realized the power of it, and the fact that because horror films aren't, in general, studio products - studios back them sometimes, but they don't try to meddle too much, because they kind of don't want to sully their skirts - you have a lot of freedom.” WantTryingKindSometimesFactsFilmPowerfulToo MuchProductsHorrorStudiosAccidentsI RealizedGenreFallenParadigmVery PowerfulSkirtsHorror Film Author:Wes Craven
“Films are made all over the world all the time and only a thin slice of that product is Hollywood.” WorldMadeFilmProductsHollywood Author:Mike Leigh
“American television is a huge product that is exported around the world and what that means is that what our movies and films say about who women [are] has global ramifications. There is a burden and a responsibility when you are someone who is very aware of how far we've yet to travel in granting women equal rights and equal respect and you are creating cultural products. You have to be responsible and be aware of the message that you are sending out.” WorldMeanFilmResponsibilityRightsTelevisionProductsHugeEqualCreatingMessagesResponsibleBurdenAround The WorldEqual RightsBeing ResponsibleRamificationsAmerican TelevisionEqual Respect Author:Liz W. Garcia
“I really dislike it when women reject feminism; that's ridiculous. I am a product of feminism. Without feminism I would not be making films.” FilmFeminismProductsRidiculousRejectsDislike Author:Mary Harron
“I'm a product of older filmmakers I guess, the past where you get to make movies and scenes are what they are. You know if you think about Scorsese back in the day when he was making Taxi Driver, or Coppola or Frankenheimer, Sidney Lumet, they're making films where you witness violence in a real way.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayRealPastFilmViolenceProductsSceneWitnessFilmmakerDriversTaxiBack In The DayScorsese Author:Antoine Fuqua
“I'm not someone who doesn't want to see the films, but I like to see them as an end product when the whole nuance of the character is put together.” WantEndsWholeCharacterTogetherFilmProductsNuance Author:Juno Temple
“You certainly can't be a perfect person, coming up with the 100% correct solution, all the time. It's just a combination of a chain of good decisions that comes up with a successful product or a successful film. That's what you hope for. But, nothing about the system is 100% fool proof.” PersonsFilmDecisionPerfectSuccessfulProductsFoolSolutionsCome UpProofChainsCombinationGood DecisionPerfect PersonFool Proof Author:Rick Heinrichs
“I hadn't been there [Comic-Con] before. It's pretty eye-opening, when you haven't been there, just with the sheer amount of fans that are there for different shows and films. It's like a big fan symposium, in a way, as well a way for film studios and television studios to really promote their product to their loyal audience base. It was an experience.” WayWellsDifferentShowsBigsEyeFilmAudienceFansHavensTelevisionProductsAmountStudiosOpeningComicLoyalSheerEye OpeningComic ConSymposiumPretty Eyes Author:Dustin Clare
“The world's geography is not realistic. Geography is not real. Borders are only closed to people but they are open to products. There is another type of geography outside of this matrix. Because of this we noticed we were talking about much more than just Latin America. That was very important to put the film on another level. Based on this idea, we knew that we were not in this world any longer.” PeopleWorldImportantIdeasRealAmericaFilmLevelsTalkingThis WorldProductsTypeBordersLatinRealisticGeographyLatin America Author:Alex Abreu
“On another level this film talks about that. We had tremendous freedom while making this film. We never thought about marketing. It wasn't a film made to sell merchandise or products or to reach millions of people around the world. It was a film made to say what I really felt.” PeopleWorldMadeFilmFeltLevelsMillionsProductsSellsMarketingAround The WorldMerchandise Author:Alex Abreu
“The way a film is made tells you about its message. The processes are the same as the products. We made the film starting from processes that allowed us to find these complex ideas.” WayMadeIdeasFilmProcessProductsMessagesComplexesStarting Author:Alex Abreu
“Blue jeans have gone around the world. But that's a product. We market blue jeans better, just as we market film better. But you can't tell me that if America didn't exist, the culture of movies wouldn't exist. It's not a distinctly American art form.” IfsWorldArtAmericaFilmFormCultureGoneProductsBlueAround The WorldJeansBlue Jeans Author:David Simon
“It was like in the film, when I was actually doing a take and wasn't quite sure of the context, and then in the completed film it works beautifully.In the end I didn't know why I felt so shitty doing it, and why it turns out great in the final product. I guess you have to live in that unknown.” KnowsEndsFilmTurnsFeltProductsFinals Author:Simon Helberg
“There are new ways of producing food, film, clothing, and research that steer clear of using animals. Some of those products are functionally equivalent or even superior to what we're used to. Now corporations, legislatures, and other institutions are responding, and supporting these shifts, so we're seeing seismic changes throughout society.” WayFilmUsedAnimalClearSeeingProductsResearchInstitutionsSuperiorsCorporationsClothingsNew WaysLegislatureRespondingSteers Author:Wayne Pacelle
“I've been with the project for like three years: creating it, pushing it. [There] becomes a certain doubt when you're pitching this story to people. ["The Land" is] a cautionary tale. It's not the brightest or best ending to a film when you're telling a cautionary tale about four kids, kids who are killing each other, kids who are products of the streets.” PeopleYearsStoriesKidsFilmCertainThreeDoubtFourStreetsLandProductsProjectsCreatingKillingTalesPushingThree YearsPitchingKilling Each OtherPushing ItCautionary Tales Author:Steven Caple Jr.
“I don't know if Britain ever really achieved that much glamour. We had post-war austerity rather than post-war prosperity, and our cultural products of the time include some pretty dour kitchen-sink dramas of the A Kind of Loving variety. (This kind of film seems disillusioned with the sixties before they've even really begun.)” IfsKnowsKindWarSeemsFilmProductsDramaProsperityVarietyPostsKitchenBritainSixtyGlamourDisillusionedAusterityPost WarKitchen Sinks Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“I am interested in Icons, not just religious works but also contemporary icons. I also like the way the Pop movement of the 60s took subjects from consumer products and people - soup cans, comic books, film stars - and elevated them through art, just like in traditional iconography.” PeopleWayArtBookFilmStarsReligiousSubjectsMovementProductsPopsContemporaryTraditionalComicConsumersComic BookSoupIconsFilm StarsIconography Author:Horace Panter
“All through my life what I've loved doing is watching movies. I love the escapism of film, I love stories. So it is incredible to be able to be in them as much as I am, to see them from the first stitch in a costume to the end product.” FirstsEndsStoriesAbleFilmProductsIncrediblesLove StoryCostumesEscapismStitches Author:Keira Knightley