Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning. Stories don’t have a middle or an end any more. People have forgotten how to tell a story. ![]() Somebody’s got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about. In the future, everybody is going to be a director. I also think it’s stupid and small-minded and shortsighted.īeing an artist means not having to avert one’s eyes.Ī director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard. I couldn’t sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker. It’s just cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, you know, which is pretty easy. There’s no real sense of how to tell a story visually. You see so many movies… the younger people who are coming from MTV or who are coming from commercialsand there’s no sense of film grammar. I Am Certain There is Too Much Certainty in the World.įirst cuts are a bitch for a director, because it’s been so many months and you put your trust in your editor and you’re going to see your film assembled for the first time. If a million people see my movie, I hope they see a million different movies. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself. If you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a pretty good gig. My idea of professionalism is probably a lot of people’s idea of obsessive. But a film is still a film.Ī Film is a Petrified Fountain of Thought. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. That’s the reason I’ve made cinema my life’s work. I like to shake that up.įor me, filmmaking combines everything. They believe everything they’re hearing and seeing. I think audiences get too comfortable and familiar in today’s movies. People say I pay too much attention to the look of a movie but for God’s sake, I’m not producinga Radio 4 Play for Today, I’m making a movie that people are going to look at. The Biggest Mistake in Student Films is That They Are Usually Cast So Badly, With Friends and People the Directors Know.Īlthough I Write Screenplays, I Don’t Think I’m a Good Writer.Ī lot of times you get credit for stuff in your movie that you didn’t intend to be there. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. If there’s specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can’t change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.Ī storyshould have a beginning, a middle, and an end… but not necessarily in that order.Ī film is – or should be – more like musicthan like fiction. I believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given. And if you film it, I’ll be able to get free refills for life.Ĭinema is a matter of what’s in the frame and what’s out. Let me just pause a minute and drink in this moment. We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.įilm is, to me, just unimportant. The saddest journey in the world is the one that follows a precise itinerary. When given an opportunity, deliver excellence and never quit. Everything after that you’re just negotiating your budget and your fee. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Without further ado enjoy the inspiration. I decided to put together a list of some of my favorite filmmaking quotes from some of the masters of the medium. It's human nature, in Mel Brooks' world: We are just self-defeatingly spiteful creatures, and even if it's clear we all need to cooperate, we'll find some superficial reason to draw battle lines and fight amongst ourselves.Anyone who has ever listen to the IFH Podcasts knows that I start off every episode with a filmmaking quote. But given the chance, they will also hate each other. Yes, most of the white people hate those of other races and feel superior. People just hate other people out of plain old ignorant tribalism. While Blazing Saddles plays with a lot of racial humor, it's moments like these that there's more than racism afoot. ![]() The people of Rock Ridge agree, although they’re clear about the fact that they don’t want any Irish people to live there. Bart says that in order to save the town they have to work together, and allow people of every race to live in Rock Ridge in peace. It’s a major moment that brings to people of all color - white, black, Asian, and Hispanic. ![]() ![]() The night before saving Rock Ridge, Bart brings the townsfolk together to meet with his friends who are helping to build the railroad.
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