“If you want to make a great sports movie, don't put too much sports in it. It's the backdrop. It's the environment.” IfsWantSportsEnvironmentToo MuchGreat SportsBackdropSports Movie Author:Kevin Costner
“I think if you want to make a good sports movie, you've got to cut down on the sports. You have to make it about people. You can't try to impress people with your knowledge and the X and O's and all the details and the technicalities.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantTryingSportsCuttingDetailsImpressTechnicalitiesGood SportsSports Movie Author:Kevin Costner
“When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.” WinningSportsBlackLosesWhiteLevelsWorking ItStakesBlack And WhiteWin Or LoseSports Movie Author:Carla Gugino
“I always think a good sports movie is emblematic in the same way that a great Greek tragedy really has a certain kind of structure, or a Shakespearean play if you're looking at a comedy or a tragedy, is that these are the heights and depths of human emotion.” IfsThinkingWayHumansKindPlayCertainSportsEmotionComedyTragedyStructureDepthGreekHeightHuman EmotionsGreek TragedyGood SportsSports Movie Author:Carla Gugino
“When I was writing the script, I knew didn't want to make a sports movie. I was very clear that I wanted to make a sibling rivalry story. So when I was writing the script, the football was getting in the way of the drama. One day, I saw Michael Haneke's Funny Games, which is probably the most violent film I've ever seen - but the violence is off camera. When I finished watching the film, I said, 'Hey, that's what I have to do.' Haneke gave me this solution.” WayWantWritingSaidStoriesWantedFilmGamesSportsClearSawsViolenceFootballDramaOne DaySolutionsCamerasScriptsFinishedViolentHeySiblingRivalrySibling RivalrySports MovieFunny GameViolent Films Author:Carlos Cuaron