“from one minute to the next the present is merely an honorary past. It must be filled unceasingly anew to dissemble the curse it carries within itself; that is why Americans like speed, alcohol, thriller films and any sensational news: the demand for new things, and ever newer things, is feverish since nowhere will they rest.” PastFilmNextUnited StatesMinutesDemandNewsFilledSpeedAlcoholCurseCarrieNew ThingsThrillersOne MinuteNewnessSensationalHonorary Author:Simone de Beauvoir
“It has become harder and harder in the United States to make films unhampered by outside influences. I've always been able to steer clear of that and keep the business people out of my hair completely.” PeopleStatesAbleFilmUnitedUnited StatesClearInfluenceHairHarderSteersOutside Influences Author:Woody Allen
“I said, 'I'm going to the United States to study with Stella Adler and do movies because nobody here has done it and my passion is films.' But I came here and I didn't speak English, I didn't have a green card, I didn't know I had to have an agent, I couldn't drive, I was dyslexic.” KnowsSaidStatesDoneFilmPassionSpeakUnitedUnited StatesStudyGreenCardsAgentsMy PassionSpeak EnglishDyslexicStellaGreen CardAdler Author:Salma Hayek
“There's more emphasis on art and culture in Europe than there is in the United States and I think that a lot of American directors and writers are just trying to copy other American horror films, they don't pick up much in the way that European filmmakers do.” ThinkingWayTryingArtStatesFilmCultureUnitedUnited StatesHorrorDirectorsPicksEuropeFilmmakerCopiesEmphasisHorror FilmArt And Culture Author:Wes Craven
“I can live in Paris for four months or London or, you know, Barcelona. These are places that are like New York. But I don't think I could live in many places. When I had to make a film in the United States I picked San Francisco because to me it's one of the great cities of America.” ThinkingKnowsI CanStatesAmericaFilmUnitedCitiesUnited StatesFourNew YorkMonthsLondonParisSan FranciscoBarcelonaGreat Cities Author:Woody Allen
“The much-vaunted sex appeal of American women is drawn from films, reviews and pin-ups, and is in large print fictitious. A recent medical survey in the United States showed that 75% of young American women are without strong sexual feeling and instead of satisfying their libido they seek pleasure narcissistically in exhibitionism, vanity, and the cult of fitness and health in a sterile sense.” StatesFeelingsFilmYoungStrongSexPleasureUnitedUnited StatesMedicalVanityAppealsPrintReviewsSatisfyingCultPinsSurveysAmerican WomanHealth And FitnessSex AppealLibidoExhibitionism Author:Julius Evola
“I'm pretty optimistic that in the future these kind of films will also be part of the main categories, perhaps not in a foreign language, but certainly more socially and politically engaged films, or films that will happen where the story takes place outside the United States.” KindStatesStoriesHappensFilmLanguageUnitedUnited StatesOptimisticEngagedCategoriesForeign Language Author:Philippe Falardeau
“In the United States there's not a lot of people interested in foreign language films. Every time, it's more difficult for foreign language films to survive here.” PeopleStatesFilmLanguageDifficultUnitedUnited StatesForeign Language Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu