“I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place. I never want to be part of something like that, where there's an agenda there that's not about telling a story, where its someone getting on a soapbox and preaching their own beliefs onto somebody.” ThinkingWantShouldStoriesBeliefCinemaAgendasPreachingProvokingSoapbox Author:Jeremy Renner
“It doesn't matter if it's black-and-white. If a movie has a story that is filled with emotion, you can have as much pleasure, and it's very good for cinema.” IfsMatterStoriesBlackWhitePleasureEmotionFilledVery GoodCinemaBlack And White Author:Thomas Langmann
“Dancer, bride, runaway wife, radical filmmaker and pioneer - Shirley Clarke is one of the great undertold stories of American independent cinema.” StoriesWifeIndependentRadicalCinemaFilmmakerDancerBridesPioneersRunaway Author:Manohla Dargis
“Only cinema narrows its concern down to its content, that is to its story. It should, instead, concern itself with its form, its structure.” ShouldStoriesFormConcernStructureCinema Book:Peter Greenaway: Interviews Source: Peter Greenaway: Interviews
“I don't necessarily believe in the ideology of cinema verité. I think by the very fact that you have a camera there you are affecting the story and you are influencing it.” ThinkingBelieveFactsStoriesInfluenceCamerasIdeologyCinema Author:David Shapiro