#vie

All movies assault the viewer in one way or another. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#assault #movies #viewer #way

Basically, I viewed any work of art as an imposition of another person's taste, and saw the individual making this imposition as a kind of dictator. ↗

— Henry Flynt

#any #art #basically #dictator #i

At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously. I hope this isn't too melodramatic or self-centred a way of saying that I attempt to write as if I did not care what reviewers said, what peers thought, or what prevailing opinions may be. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#death #independence #nadine-gordimer #writing #death

I'm a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can't challenge the man I'm with if means I'm going to end up alone. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#brave #challenge #end #go #going

And I did a movie called Basil with Jared Leto and Christian Slater. ↗

— Claire Forlani

#christian #did #i #movie

I was never a fanatical movie person. ↗

— John Malkovich

#i #movie #never #person

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies. ↗

— Jodie Foster

#directors #i #i love #listening #love

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward years. I don't know if anybody can look at something they did when they were 14 and not wince. ↗

— Jodie Foster

#awkward #did #hard #hard time #i

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films. ↗

— Jodie Foster

#european films #films #grew #i #i love

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it. ↗

— Jodie Foster

#behind #i #i love #intention #looking