#makin

The varying physical characteristics of the actors may also necessitate changes. Sean Connery is six feet four. Dustin Hoffman isn't. ↗

— Sidney Lumet

#film #filmmaking #humour #movies

Film analysis enables us to recognize how the filmmakers have their magic on us, how all the constituent elements of the film have combined to create that magic. Rather than rob us of the pleasures of watching films, this approach affords us the even greater pleasure of deep engagement ↗

— Jon Lewis

#film-analysis #filmmaking #films #motion-picture #movie

...you’d be amazed at the grand tales the human brain will throw up to make sense of something nonsensical. ↗

— Dianna Hardy

#human-behaviour #human-nature #logic #making-sense-of-the-world #nonsense

The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#duty #his #making #making up #mind

That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody. ↗

— Bud Abbott

#everybody #guys #making #many #out

A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#himself #makes #making #man #others

In Iran I think nobody loses their job because of making a statement that reflects their opinion. From this point of view, conditions in Iran are far better than in many other places in the world. ↗

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

#better #conditions #far #i #i think

Just being a mother is making me a big, weepy mess. ↗

— Jessica Alba

#big #just #making #me #mess

Usually when I'm making a movie, what I have in mind first, for the visuals, is how we can stage the scenes to bring them more to life in the most interesting way, and then how we can make a world for the story that the audience hasn't quite been in before. ↗

— Wes Anderson

#been #before #bring #first #hasn