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Cinema Quotes

I love to go see films, even on my own. I just walk to the nearest cinema. There’s nothing better than watching a movie alone; you can just sit there and zone in Picture Quote #1

I mean, The Jinx is an amazing piece of cinema and amazing television moment, it`s rare documentarians can feel the direct impact of their work Picture Quote #1

I tried to sing ‘What’s Going On’ with Amy Winehouse once at an old cinema in the West End. There was a funk band that had members of both of our bands playing in it, but it was the worst kind of place to sing bad karaoke because everyone there was an amazing singer or musician Picture Quote #1

When I first envisioned ‘Funny Games’ in the mid-1990s, it was my intention to have an American audience watch the movie. It is a reaction to a certain American cinema, its violence, its naivety, the way American cinema toys with human beings. In many American films, violence is made consumable Picture Quote #1

[‘American Dream’ will be released] probably never.Never in the United States because there’s no room for independent cinema Picture Quote #1

American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis Picture Quote #1

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I’d rather spend my time with grape growers than actors. In the film industry, all the money is focused on television and the stupidity of American cinema Picture Quote #1

I think that in the American film industry - or even in the European cinema - movies are made not to disturb any kind of class or any kind of minority Picture Quote #1

American films, it’s a money-making industry. And in France, you can find great respect for cinema as art Picture Quote #1

Action roles - or any role - should go to the best guy for the job. People obsess about nationality. Hollywood and America might be the hub for pop culture and cinema for the Western world, but that shouldn’t suggest that all the roles should go to young American men Picture Quote #1

Asian American men, Asian men have been basically eunuchs in American cinema and television Picture Quote #1

The problem in Hollywood is that they try to become the only kind of cinema in the world, okay? The imposition everywhere of a unique culture, which is Hollywood culture, and a unique way of life, which is the American way of life Picture Quote #1

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I’ve played the wicked mothers; I’ve played the serial-killer-type mothers now. They have to have an edge on them. They can’t just be everyday moms, because I never thought of myself as an everyday person in cinema - I’m an everyday person in real life, like anyone. But not in what I project out there. I want something more exciting Picture Quote #1

When it’s good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person’s life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I’d never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match Picture Quote #1

Strangers used to gather together at the cinema and sit together in the dark, like Ancient Greeks participating in the mysteries, dreaming the same dream in unison Picture Quote #1

I love entering the bowels of the cinema and immersing myself in another world Picture Quote #1

Egypt is kind of like the Hollywood of the Middle East. I mean, we had cinema maybe decades before the other Arab countries ever got independence Picture Quote #1

Comics are just another medium to express yourself. It’s not cinema; it’s not literature; it’s just something else. It has a specific requirement, which is that images are used to tell the story. There are lots of crappy movies, with guns and action and Arnold Schwarzenegger or whatever Picture Quote #1

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In Australia, there aren’t a lot of people committed to art, so these communities form that are dedicated to music, theater, cinema, but they’re very small. So, they tend to move ahead on the power of collaboration, enthusiasm and creativity Picture Quote #1

I got exposed to art-house cinema and foreign films. I was from L.A., so it was a film culture that I didn’t know about Picture Quote #1

The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It’s unbelievable. The film critics don’t know my artwork and the art world doesn’t know my films Picture Quote #1

I go to universities to talk to the students and teach them how to watch movies. Movies have so many elements - acting, music, art direction, costumes. I also tell them not to watch pirated movies. At the cinema, they can enjoy the big screen and the surround sound Picture Quote #1

You know, comics were created at the same time as the cinema. And the cinema very quickly became a major art. Cartooning didn’t become a major art. There’s a reason for that. People don’t know how to deal with drawings Picture Quote #1

In the early 90s, when those little art films started coming out, we were introduced to Quentin Tarantino and guys like that, and independent cinema was something that everyone wanted to be a part of Picture Quote #1

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I’m an eclectic and avid filmgoer. I try to see everything from romantic comedies to blockbusters to art house films, world cinema and documentaries Picture Quote #1

I began to see cinema as the perfect combination of so many wonderful art forms - painting, photography, music, dance, theater Picture Quote #1

Art reflects society. Cinema doesn’t dictate - you portray what the society demands Picture Quote #1

Theater, art, literature, cinema, press, posters, and window displays must be cleansed of all manifestations of our rotting world and placed in the service of a moral, political, and cultural idea Picture Quote #1

There’s still a 1950s view of cinema, that there’s one audience and they all want to see the same thing Picture Quote #1

I came from a very avant-garde documentary kind of film making world. I like cinema veritÃƒÂ©, documentaries. I liked non-story, non-character tone poems. And that’s the film making that I was interested in Picture Quote #1

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I love to go see films, even on my own. I just walk to the nearest cinema. There’s nothing better than watching a movie alone; you can just sit there and zone in. (Cinema Quotes) I mean, The Jinx is an amazing piece of cinema and amazing television moment, it`s rare documentarians can feel the direct impact of their work. (Cinema Quotes) I tried to sing ‘What’s Going On’ with Amy Winehouse once at an old cinema in the West End. There was a funk band that had members of both of our bands playing in it, but it was the worst kind of place to sing bad karaoke because everyone there was an amazing singer or musician. (Cinema Quotes) When I first envisioned ‘Funny Games’ in the mid-1990s, it was my intention to have an American audience watch the movie. It is a reaction to a certain American cinema, its violence, its naivety, the way American cinema toys with human beings. In many American films, violence is made consumable. (Cinema Quotes) [‘American Dream’ will be released] probably never.Never in the United States because there’s no room for independent cinema. (Cinema Quotes) American cinema tends to express a patriotic relationship to national identity on a regular basis (Cinema Quotes) I’d rather spend my time with grape growers than actors. In the film industry, all the money is focused on television and the stupidity of American cinema. (Cinema Quotes) I think that in the American film industry - or even in the European cinema - movies are made not to disturb any kind of class or any kind of minority. (Cinema Quotes) American films, it’s a money-making industry. And in France, you can find great respect for cinema as art. (Cinema Quotes) Action roles - or any role - should go to the best guy for the job. People obsess about nationality. Hollywood and America might be the hub for pop culture and cinema for the Western world, but that shouldn’t suggest that all the roles should go to young American men. (Cinema Quotes) Asian American men, Asian men have been basically eunuchs in American cinema and television (Cinema Quotes) The problem in Hollywood is that they try to become the only kind of cinema in the world, okay? The imposition everywhere of a unique culture, which is Hollywood culture, and a unique way of life, which is the American way of life. (Cinema Quotes) I’ve played the wicked mothers; I’ve played the serial-killer-type mothers now. They have to have an edge on them. They can’t just be everyday moms, because I never thought of myself as an everyday person in cinema - I’m an everyday person in real life, like anyone. But not in what I project out there. I want something more exciting. (Cinema Quotes) When it’s good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person’s life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I’d never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match. (Cinema Quotes) Strangers used to gather together at the cinema and sit together in the dark, like Ancient Greeks participating in the mysteries, dreaming the same dream in unison. (Cinema Quotes) I love entering the bowels of the cinema and immersing myself in another world (Cinema Quotes) Egypt is kind of like the Hollywood of the Middle East. I mean, we had cinema maybe decades before the other Arab countries ever got independence. (Cinema Quotes) Comics are just another medium to express yourself. It’s not cinema; it’s not literature; it’s just something else. It has a specific requirement, which is that images are used to tell the story. There are lots of crappy movies, with guns and action and Arnold Schwarzenegger or whatever. (Cinema Quotes) In Australia, there aren’t a lot of people committed to art, so these communities form that are dedicated to music, theater, cinema, but they’re very small. So, they tend to move ahead on the power of collaboration, enthusiasm and creativity. (Cinema Quotes) I got exposed to art-house cinema and foreign films. I was from L.A., so it was a film culture that I didn’t know about. (Cinema Quotes) The boundaries between contemporary art and cinema are so rigid. It’s unbelievable. The film critics don’t know my artwork and the art world doesn’t know my films. (Cinema Quotes) I go to universities to talk to the students and teach them how to watch movies. Movies have so many elements - acting, music, art direction, costumes. I also tell them not to watch pirated movies. At the cinema, they can enjoy the big screen and the surround sound. (Cinema Quotes) You know, comics were created at the same time as the cinema. And the cinema very quickly became a major art. Cartooning didn’t become a major art. There’s a reason for that. People don’t know how to deal with drawings. (Cinema Quotes) In the early 90s, when those little art films started coming out, we were introduced to Quentin Tarantino and guys like that, and independent cinema was something that everyone wanted to be a part of. (Cinema Quotes) I’m an eclectic and avid filmgoer. I try to see everything from romantic comedies to blockbusters to art house films, world cinema and documentaries. (Cinema Quotes) I began to see cinema as the perfect combination of so many wonderful art forms - painting, photography, music, dance, theater. (Cinema Quotes) Art reflects society. Cinema doesn’t dictate - you portray what the society demands. (Cinema Quotes) Theater, art, literature, cinema, press, posters, and window displays must be cleansed of all manifestations of our rotting world and placed in the service of a moral, political, and cultural idea. (Cinema Quotes) There’s still a 1950s view of cinema, that there’s one audience and they all want to see the same thing. (Cinema Quotes) I came from a very avant-garde documentary kind of film making world. I like cinema veritÃƒÂ©, documentaries. I liked non-story, non-character tone poems. And that’s the film making that I was interested in. (Cinema Quotes)

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