The Weinsteins believe in test screenings. I don't. I don't think good films are made that way. Call me crazy, but I'd like to think you need a singular vision to make good art.
Let's put it this way: art house theaters are vanishing. They have almost disappeared completely, and that means there's a shift in what audiences want to see. And they have to be aware of that and be realistic. It's as simple as that.
Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.
What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflect on who you are, who you hope to be, what you've gone through, and where you hope to go.
The world is going on a high-speed connection; the Arab revolution is still dial-up. So we have to give it a little time to download. Regimes come and go, but art endures.
I like these games we play, the ones that involve our heads and our hearts ~ Page 212
Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered, easily assessed.
Si le sentiment est l´intelligence du coeur, l´émotion est la stupidité du coeur.
Lucy: You learn more when you lose Charlie Brown: Well then I must be the smartest person in world!!!
Why do bad things happen to good people?' 'Because it makes a good story.
If you KNOW that you’re FUCKED Then you’re NOT If you think that you’re NOT THEN YOU ARE! Isn’t that lovely? Iambic pentangle?
When I was very young, I started trying to sing like the great tenor Mario Lanza; my family used to play his records. We all learn best by imitating others.
If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got.
I want my children to be proud of their father and to say, 'My father is the best dad in the world.' And I want them to belong to a modern family, and live a path of happiness and calm.
I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.
By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects.
I don't know whether it ever comes back to the same thing; it does return to the spirit of a previous period in some way, but it's different, it's new.
I imagine if aliens came down to Earth, they'd actually be quite tall; people seem to get everything right about extraterrestrials but the size!
People are mistaken to view cinema as some sort of gimmick. It's very much ingrained in the ways in which we understand each other.
When I look around, I begin to understand what Socrates meant when he said, 'How much there is in the world I do not want.'
I like getting up early, but I haven't got a routine - mainly because I never have a clear idea of what day of the week it is.
