Cinema Quotes

With Penn Cinema Studies' authority behind [the lectures] -- with their prestige -- this is going to be a much bigger event than it has been in the past. We're very excited and very grateful to them. - Andrew Preis

With it adult political audiences abandoned cinemas. In their place appeared a void. That previous political audience migrated to the seats in front of their TV. - Andrzej Wajda

With a good script, a good director can produce a masterpiece. With the same script, a mediocre director can produce a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can't possibly make a good film. For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water. The script must be something that has the power to do this. - Akira Kurosawa

Why does there exist a global American entertainment industry, but there isn't an equivalent coming from France or Italy? This is the case simply because the English language opens the whole world to the American cinema. - Andrzej Wajda

Whether it hurts or helps, it's largely pegged to your cinematic persona. - Steven Ross

When you're on TV, you come into people's homes. In theater and film, they go to you - to the temple of the cinema or theater. And it's very different. - Alan Cumming

When we saw the subject matter we decided to work together with the cinema committee and do some of the movie. - Zachary Jeremiah

When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered. - Ivor Novello

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. - Gael Garcia Bernal

When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that, and feeling like I was losing control. - Steve Buscemi