Quotes About Cinema

Every ad for every film is exactly the same.

Most of my films I call arena films. I deal with a confined area -- an arena -- and I try to cover every aspect of it.

Maybe there's a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people.

Le cinéma sonore a inventé le silence.

The great talent and the greatest difficulty - isn't it what we commonly call "charm" in daily life? People are charming because they aren't aware of their charm. That's what I'm looking for: true charm. That's what cinema needs.

My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected on to a screen, come to life again like flowers in water.[3]

My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed on film but, placed in a certain order and projected onto a screen, come to life again like flowers in water.

Halloween put me on the map, and I'm very sad to hear of his death.

I am inspired by the films of Pedro Almodóvar, as they are funny, sad, and extremely weird.

Cinema, heir of alchemy, last of an erotic science.

Cinema returns us to anima, religion of matter, which gives each thing its special divinity and sees gods in all things and beings. Cinema, heir of alchemy, last of an erotic science.

Evolution .. Just the right formula of science and comedy may get moviegoers through the door.

If you want to do a movie about aliens coming down to Earth nowadays, you need to do it with a smile.

The close-up, according to D.W. Griffith, allows subtle changes of facial expression-the raising of an eyebrow or the flicker of a smile-to become part of the action.

Cinema is mass media, it is both overtly gross and exciting. It is our great mirror of society.

We may owe Superman and E.T. to Jewish film directors, but there's no doubting that it's the Christian story we're being told.)

I made a French film called 'Merry Christmas' which is a very European film. It's a World War I piece.

Movies are movies, television is television.

The new acts' major influences were movies and their curvy queens Brigitte Bardot and Marilyn Monroe. With their big blonde hair, ample breasts, and highly fertile hips, these bombshells inspired women everywhere to exxagerate their own voluptuousness.

I'm a movie nut. I go to the movies probably twice a week, and if I'm not doing anything at night, I'm usually watching a movie or two.

I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else.

The guys of Savino's generation liked what they saw in the movies and wanted to be that. So Lou ain't trying to be Lefty Ruggiero, he's trying to be Al Pacino being Lefty Ruggiero. He ain't trying to be Tommy DeSimone, he's going for Joe Pesci being Tommy DeSimone, not being Jake Amari but James Gandolfini.

Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.

A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again.