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Ira Sachs Quotes

Being an artist is in part an act of rupture Picture Quote #1

By 15, I was lucky enough to find the theater Picture Quote #1

You can be aware of the passing of time without being nostalgic Picture Quote #1

I think there’s a fear of difference in American cinema Picture Quote #1

There’s a lot of things lost in the Digital Age Picture Quote #1

I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was born three years before Martin Luther King was killed, and I think that history of civil action was something that I had in my blood Picture Quote #1

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Seeing the road show of ‘A Chorus Line’ in 1977 at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Memphis was a life-changing event for me: there were gay people, on the stage, and they all lived in New York Picture Quote #1

Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of a fable feeling Picture Quote #1

Without community events like NewFest, I don’t think we’d have a queer cinema in America Picture Quote #1

Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself Picture Quote #1

Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema Picture Quote #1

My early films were about self discovery, and films of internal conflict. At that level, they were very personal Picture Quote #1

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Everyone wants to belong, and everyone needs to belong in order to make a career on some level Picture Quote #1

I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student Picture Quote #1

When working on and writing a film, I’m often more of a sponge than other times, aware of what’s going on around me Picture Quote #1

I don’t rehearse with my actors... the first rehearsal is the first time we turn the camera on... Sydney Pollack never rehearsed his actors, and I found out that’s allowed... so you film reactions; you don’t create them Picture Quote #1

I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on our gay stories Picture Quote #1

How to Survive a Plague’ is history-telling at its best. It’s a film I’ll show my two children, now toddlers, when they are old enough to understand. It’s a movie that I cannot forget Picture Quote #1

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All of my films have been autobiographical - it’s all I’ve got to go on Picture Quote #1

My father moved out to Park City in in the mid- 70s and lived in a Winnebago behind a hippie joint called Utah Coal and Lumber that was one of only two or three restaurants at that time. Park City was a sleepy little mining town, with not a condo in sight Picture Quote #1

Working on the Obama campaign was a life-changer for me. I realized during that campaign that structure is the name of the game, and so, soon after the election, filmmaker Adam Baran and I started Queer/Art/Film, a monthly series at the IFC Film Center in downtown New York that invites queer artists to present the films they love to an audience Picture Quote #1

All history is defined by shifting modes of reality and time and how things change. That’s what I love about cinema. It changes in the moment Picture Quote #1

I think it’s interesting: What is the generational effect of the experience of being a gay person in America? For my generation, it was very difficult Picture Quote #1

I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, ‘Hello.’ Picture Quote #1

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Why do people stay in relationships that are tough from almost the very beginning? Picture Quote #1

What I loved about ‘Goodfellas’ is that it’s a film about bad behavior - but told with great energy and without judgment - but it doesn’t actually shy away from the consequences of that behavior in the characters’ lives, which I think is similar in ‘Keep the Lights On.’ Picture Quote #1

Capturing intimacy is pretty much the only thing I’m interested in. That’s what excites me and what I find beautiful in movies personally - that almost obscene sense that we shouldn’t be this close to these people. I find that very inviting and meaningful as an audience member Picture Quote #1

As I’ve gotten less righteous, less pedagogic, I have become more loving of the artificiality, the art form, the imitation of life in film Picture Quote #1

The praise helps on a deep level, which gives you the grounding that encourages you to trust yourself. On another level, each film is a risk, and the praise doesn’t save you from that risk Picture Quote #1

What’s interesting to me is the distinction between my old life and my present life Picture Quote #1

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Being an artist is in part an act of rupture (Ira Sachs Quotes) By 15, I was lucky enough to find the theater (Ira Sachs Quotes) You can be aware of the passing of time without being nostalgic (Ira Sachs Quotes) I think there’s a fear of difference in American cinema (Ira Sachs Quotes) There’s a lot of things lost in the Digital Age (Ira Sachs Quotes) I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was born three years before Martin Luther King was killed, and I think that history of civil action was something that I had in my blood. (Ira Sachs Quotes) Seeing the road show of ‘A Chorus Line’ in 1977 at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Memphis was a life-changing event for me: there were gay people, on the stage, and they all lived in New York. (Ira Sachs Quotes) Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of a fable feeling. (Ira Sachs Quotes) Without community events like NewFest, I don’t think we’d have a queer cinema in America (Ira Sachs Quotes) Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself. (Ira Sachs Quotes) Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema. (Ira Sachs Quotes) My early films were about self discovery, and films of internal conflict. At that level, they were very personal. (Ira Sachs Quotes) Everyone wants to belong, and everyone needs to belong in order to make a career on some level (Ira Sachs Quotes) I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student. (Ira Sachs Quotes) When working on and writing a film, I’m often more of a sponge than other times, aware of what’s going on around me. (Ira Sachs Quotes) I don’t rehearse with my actors... the first rehearsal is the first time we turn the camera on... Sydney Pollack never rehearsed his actors, and I found out that’s allowed... so you film reactions; you don’t create them. (Ira Sachs Quotes) I could not - and I still cannot - see a sustainable career as a filmmaker in which I focus fully on our gay stories. (Ira Sachs Quotes) How to Survive a Plague’ is history-telling at its best. It’s a film I’ll show my two children, now toddlers, when they are old enough to understand. It’s a movie that I cannot forget. (Ira Sachs Quotes) All of my films have been autobiographical - it’s all I’ve got to go on (Ira Sachs Quotes) My father moved out to Park City in in the mid- 70s and lived in a Winnebago behind a hippie joint called Utah Coal and Lumber that was one of only two or three restaurants at that time. Park City was a sleepy little mining town, with not a condo in sight. (Ira Sachs Quotes) Working on the Obama campaign was a life-changer for me. I realized during that campaign that structure is the name of the game, and so, soon after the election, filmmaker Adam Baran and I started Queer/Art/Film, a monthly series at the IFC Film Center in downtown New York that invites queer artists to present the films they love to an audience. (Ira Sachs Quotes) All history is defined by shifting modes of reality and time and how things change. That’s what I love about cinema. It changes in the moment. (Ira Sachs Quotes) I think it’s interesting: What is the generational effect of the experience of being a gay person in America? For my generation, it was very difficult. (Ira Sachs Quotes) I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, ‘Hello.’ (Ira Sachs Quotes) Why do people stay in relationships that are tough from almost the very beginning? (Ira Sachs Quotes) What I loved about ‘Goodfellas’ is that it’s a film about bad behavior - but told with great energy and without judgment - but it doesn’t actually shy away from the consequences of that behavior in the characters’ lives, which I think is similar in ‘Keep the Lights On.’ (Ira Sachs Quotes) Capturing intimacy is pretty much the only thing I’m interested in. That’s what excites me and what I find beautiful in movies personally - that almost obscene sense that we shouldn’t be this close to these people. I find that very inviting and meaningful as an audience member. (Ira Sachs Quotes) As I’ve gotten less righteous, less pedagogic, I have become more loving of the artificiality, the art form, the imitation of life in film. (Ira Sachs Quotes) The praise helps on a deep level, which gives you the grounding that encourages you to trust yourself. On another level, each film is a risk, and the praise doesn’t save you from that risk. (Ira Sachs Quotes) What’s interesting to me is the distinction between my old life and my present life (Ira Sachs Quotes)

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