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It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it." Andy Warhol ↗

— Andy Warhol

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In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters. ↗

— Sidney Lumet

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I ask Laurie if it's possible to get trained fish. Lindsay says this is how we know I've never produced a movie. ↗

— Emma Thompson

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Jane reminds us that God is in his heaven, the monarch on his throne and the pelvis firmly beneath the ribcage. Apparently rock and roll liberated the pelvis and it hasn't been the same since. ↗

— Emma Thompson

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I don't like zombie movies, they're just plain silly. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

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That's the illusion of stillness. There is no secret. Only the implication of one by its possesor". ↗

— David Gilmour

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To make a real independent film where the filmmaker is in charge creatively, one must sacrifice personal, financial, and physical well-being. ↗

— Mark Polish

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For the casual viewer, Kurosawa’s films can be an exercise in endurance. ↗

— Jerry White

#film #japan #movies #movies

Stahl trailed him upstairs, across a mezzanine, and out into the darkness of the sloping balcony. Tom gave the aisle his torch so his guest could see. On the screen below a woman's head was wavering, two or three times larger than life. A metallic voice clanged out, echoing sepulchrally all over the house, like a modern Delphic Oracle. 'Go back, go back!' she said. 'This is no place for you!' Her big luminous eyes seemed to be looking right at Lew Stahl as she spoke. Her finger came out and pointed, and it seemed to aim straight at him and him alone. It was weird; he almost stopped in his tracks, then went on again. He hadn't eaten all day; he figured he must be woozy, to think things like that. ("Dusk To Dawn") ↗

— Cornell Woolrich

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

— Sidney Lumet

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