Wim Wenders

Any film that supports the idea that things can be changed is a great film in my eyes. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#changed #eyes #film #great #idea

Any movie that has that spirit and says things can be changed is worth making. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#changed #making #movie #says #spirit

But I think that the spirit of protectionism would be the grave of European cinema. You cannot protect something by building a fence around it and thinking that this will help it survive. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#building #cannot #cinema #european #fence

Butte was once a grand city. To me, that city is like one big stage for Edward Hopper. You could put your camera anywhere, and you felt you were looking at his paintings. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#big #camera #city #could #edward

Cinema is a worldwide phenomenon. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#phenomenon #worldwide

Everything is entertainment; criticism is now entertainment and it seems that the French directors have woken up one day and suddenly realised that they were not backed up any more. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#backed #criticism #day #directors #entertainment

Film is a very, very powerful medium. It can either confirm the idea that things are wonderful the way they are, or it can reinforce the conception that things can be changed. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#conception #confirm #either #film #idea

Filmmakers and critics wrote about each other and sometimes very harshly. This no longer exists. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#critics #each #exists #filmmakers #harshly

For us music is mainly part of the entertainment world and is often a luxury. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#entertainment world #luxury #mainly #music #often

The culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age that we are now living in. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#come #consumer #criticism #culture #down