#cinema

On Being John Malkovich and the cinema of the absurd, I do enjoy it. I wish there were more like it. The very fact that there can't be more like it is one of the reasons it's admirable. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#admirable #being #cinema #enjoy #fact

When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that, and feeling like I was losing control. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#cinematographer #colours #control #designer #feeling

In football you have an adversary; in cinema that adversary is yourself. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#cinema #football #you #yourself

Strangers used to gather together at the cinema and sit together in the dark, like Ancient Greeks participating in the mysteries, dreaming the same dream in unison. ↗

— Angela Carter

#ancient greeks #cinema #dark #dream #dreaming

Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#cinema #cost #culture #harm #losing

I was utilized because I have a certain face that works well in cinema, and I'm used to making myself look as good as possible. ↗

— Julie Christie

#certain #cinema #face #good #i

In the film industry, all the money is focused on television and the stupidity of American cinema. ↗

— Gerard Depardieu

#american cinema #cinema #film #film industry #focused

Foreign capital to build new cinemas will help modernize China's aging cinema infrastructure, attract Chinese consumers back into cinemas, and increase demand for U.S. films. ↗

— Jack Valenti

#attract #back #build #capital #china

I work for the public, for the people who are paying to go to the cinema, rather than for the critics. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#critics #for the people #go #i #paying

I want to make movies that pierce people's hearts and touch them in some way, even if it's just for the night while they're in the cinema; in that moment, I want to bring actual tears to their eyes and goosebumps to their skin. ↗

— Russell Crowe

#bring #cinema #even #eyes #goosebumps