“I could almost say it is my religion. I guess that sounds pretentious, but I want to live and breathe cinema.” WantSoundBreatheCinemaPretentious Author:Giovanni Ribisi
“I don't think so much about verbal comedy. I always think about visual comedy. I was raised watching silents, and I'm always thinking about how to make cinema, not good talking - although I want good talking. I'm much more interested in framing, composition, and orchestration of bodies in space, and so forth. My goal is always what Chuck Jones wanted his Warner Brothers cartoons to be, which was if you turn down the sound, you could still tell what's going on. I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.” IfsThinkingWantStillsBodyWantedFilmTurnsSoundGoalSpaceTalkingWatchesComedyBrotherRaisedCinemaVisualsCompositionCartoonChuckAlways ThinkingFramingOrchestrationWarner Brothers Author:Alexander Payne
“But reading is different, reading is something you do. With TV, and cinema for that matter, everything's handed to you on a plate, nothing has to be worked at, they just spoon-feed you. The picture, the sound, the scenery, the atmospheric music in case you haven't understood what the director's on about... The creaking door that tells you to be stiff. You have to imagine it all when you're reading.” DifferentMatterReadingSoundCasesImagineDoorsHavensTvsDirectorsUnderstoodCinemaPlatesSpoonsScenery Author:Daniel Pennac
“Well, as a visual artist working with the phenomenon of cinema, the grammar of cinema, [making a feature] was bound to happen. Everything I do is like sculpting with image and sound.” WellsHappensArtistSoundBoundsFeaturesCinemaVisualsPhenomenonGrammarVisual ArtSculptingVisual Artist Author:Nicolas Provost