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Phillip Noyce Quotes

I no longer knew what it was like to feel Australian Picture Quote #1

People just don’t laugh when their family is violated, and you don’t shrug it off. You band together and you defend together. It’s a funny, primitive instinct Picture Quote #1

Most Australians live in the cities on the east coast, where contact between black and white occurred as much as 200 years earlier than on the west coast - and where 95 percent of Australians are able to live 95 percent of their lives without ever seeing an Aboriginal face Picture Quote #1

Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the history books, and they didn’t feature Picture Quote #1

The more she rejected us the more convinced I was that she was another version of the real Molly, her disdain for authority, her scepticism that she had to do what the white man told her because it was good for her... She is Molly Picture Quote #1

So when I read this story, it unlocked a volcano of unanswered questions, because the questions had never been asked. It was an opportunity to come to terms with the lot of repressed history - and history of repression Picture Quote #1

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Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn’t seen that film, inevitably the camera would’ve ended up on top of that mast, I mean if you think of it there are only so many dynamic shots on a boat Picture Quote #1

Obviously all of us have thought about Vietnam, particularly in my generation in Australia that were part of conscription and fought there. Our friends came back, forever changed. So there were a lot of questions Picture Quote #1

Well, I don’t know what they’ll turn out to be, but I’m working on a film of Kon Tiki Picture Quote #1

A collection of huts surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and in the huts lived 500 of the original inhabitants of our area. And so it went with many country towns around Australia Picture Quote #1

After working for years in Hollywood where the actors have taken over, it was a real relief to get down there and not only have some children, but also have some actors that had no attitude Picture Quote #1

You always try to work for your audience, to entertain them, but that being said, obviously, within the studio system you feel the sense of responsibility to the bank Picture Quote #1

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Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the history books, and they didn’t feature Picture Quote #1

The children, each of those kids is in touch with nature and traditional aboriginal culture so a very important part of getting performances from them was just letting them be and trying to capture the unique spirituality that was in each of them Picture Quote #1

Making movies is eating candy. It’s a very expensive candy, so you value when you can do it. So when you can do it twice at once, it’s like, you know, a kid in a candy store! Picture Quote #1

I remembered the 500 people that lived on a reserve outside my little town, behind a big fence Picture Quote #1

People just don’t laugh when their family is violated, and you don’t shrug it off. You band together and you defend together. It’s a funny, primitive instinct Picture Quote #1

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I no longer knew what it was like to feel Australian (Phillip Noyce Quotes) People just don’t laugh when their family is violated, and you don’t shrug it off. You band together and you defend together. It’s a funny, primitive instinct. (Phillip Noyce Quotes) Most Australians live in the cities on the east coast, where contact between black and white occurred as much as 200 years earlier than on the west coast - and where 95 percent of Australians are able to live 95 percent of their lives without ever seeing an Aboriginal face. (Phillip Noyce Quotes) Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the history books, and they didn’t feature. (Phillip Noyce Quotes) The more she rejected us the more convinced I was that she was another version of the real Molly, her disdain for authority, her scepticism that she had to do what the white man told her because it was good for her... She is Molly (Phillip Noyce Quotes) So when I read this story, it unlocked a volcano of unanswered questions, because the questions had never been asked. It was an opportunity to come to terms with the lot of repressed history - and history of repression (Phillip Noyce Quotes) Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn’t seen that film, inevitably the camera would’ve ended up on top of that mast, I mean if you think of it there are only so many dynamic shots on a boat (Phillip Noyce Quotes) Obviously all of us have thought about Vietnam, particularly in my generation in Australia that were part of conscription and fought there. Our friends came back, forever changed. So there were a lot of questions (Phillip Noyce Quotes) Well, I don’t know what they’ll turn out to be, but I’m working on a film of Kon Tiki (Phillip Noyce Quotes) A collection of huts surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and in the huts lived 500 of the original inhabitants of our area. And so it went with many country towns around Australia (Phillip Noyce Quotes) After working for years in Hollywood where the actors have taken over, it was a real relief to get down there and not only have some children, but also have some actors that had no attitude (Phillip Noyce Quotes) You always try to work for your audience, to entertain them, but that being said, obviously, within the studio system you feel the sense of responsibility to the bank (Phillip Noyce Quotes) Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the history books, and they didn’t feature (Phillip Noyce Quotes) The children, each of those kids is in touch with nature and traditional aboriginal culture so a very important part of getting performances from them was just letting them be and trying to capture the unique spirituality that was in each of them (Phillip Noyce Quotes) Making movies is eating candy. It’s a very expensive candy, so you value when you can do it. So when you can do it twice at once, it’s like, you know, a kid in a candy store! (Phillip Noyce Quotes) I remembered the 500 people that lived on a reserve outside my little town, behind a big fence (Phillip Noyce Quotes) People just don’t laugh when their family is violated, and you don’t shrug it off. You band together and you defend together. It’s a funny, primitive instinct (Phillip Noyce Quotes)