#film

The bosses of our mass media, press, radio, film and television, succeed in their aim of taking our minds off disaster. Thus, the distraction they offer demands the antidote of maximum concentration on disaster. ↗

— Ernst Fischer

#antidote #bosses #concentration #demands #disaster

Now, after the communist take-over in 1948, the amount of feature films produced dwindled to three a year, while the school was, you know, every year another three, four, five students. ↗

— Milos Forman

#amount #another #communist #dwindled #every

The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you. ↗

— William Friedkin

#film school #idea #informing #original #professional

I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that happened within a small community and a family. ↗

— Danny Glover

#about #african #african americans #anger #community

Well, before I knew there was going to be a film. I was the biggest Harry Potter fan. I read all the books. ↗

— Rupert Grint

#biggest #books #fan #film #going

It was 100 feet of 16 mm black-and-white film of a car coming to a stop sign, and driving off. I had to decide how to frame and light it. It was magic. There was a sense of mystery. ↗

— Conrad Hall

#car #coming #decide #driving #feet

I'd like to do a piece of Shakespeare. Any upcoming Shakespeare film. Just a bit to say I did a classic. ↗

— Jim Varney

#bit #classic #did #film #i

That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are. ↗

— Ian Hart

#better #everyone #films #i #jordan

It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films. ↗

— Lars von Trier

#been #difficult #films #lie #make

But in film you always watch situations or stories that you really have no relation to. A lot of times just because there's no personal connection doesn't mean you can't connect with the film or the characters in the film. ↗

— Jay Hernandez

#because #characters #connect #connection #film