Art Films Quotes

• Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.

  Ingmar Bergman

  Dream, Art, Dark

  "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye". "Sight & Sound" Magazine, June 1991.

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• I think the art film, or the auteur-driven film - and not only foreign, but domestic films following that path - can get a small share of the box office. And I think that small share may open up a little bit.

  Roger Corman

  Art, Thinking, Office

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I don't make a division between an art film and commercial art.

  Joe Wright

  Art, Division, Film

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• Art, film, fashion, music are all going on and interacting simultaneously. And L.A. is very receptive to that fusion.

  Jeffrey Deitch

  Fashion, Art, Fusion

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• My films have elements of genre in them, which prevents them from being purely art films.

  Mary Harron

  Art, Elements, Film

  "An Interview with Mary Harron". The Believer Magazine, Issue One Hundred Six, believermag.com. March 1, 2014.

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• Art films aren't necessarily photography. It's feeling. If we can capture a feeling of a people, of a way of life, then we made a good picture.

  John Cassavetes

  Photography, Art, People

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• The worst thing you can do is make a cult movie. That means you got three great reviews and nobody went. An art film means it got a lot of good reviews and nobody went. There is no such thing as a counter culture now. What used to be considered that is commercial now.

  John Waters

  Art, Mean, Counter Culture

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• Looking back, [R.E.M.]videos, by in large, have always been art films. I'm thinking of "Losing My Religion." That's a landmark piece.

  Christopher Bollen

  Art, Thinking, Video

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When critics or people judge, I think it's harder to make a commercial, pop movie than it is to make a pretentious art film. It's harder to reach millions of people and satisfy them and make them happy. These films kind of get ghettoized, this genre because there are so many big, big movies that are such big hits, but aren't any good. The audiences, they're not judging the style of the director, or the execution of the film. They're just looking to be entertained. They want to escape from their reality, and that's why we make movies, to get people to escape from the realities.

  Brett Ratner

  Art, Reality, Thinking

  "Chris Tucker and Brett Ratner". Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. August 7, 2007.

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• When I was young, I saw a lot of martial arts films with Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee. I loved them. They are my heroes but, I'm so powerful, I'm so faster. I'm so young and so handsome like a model. I really loved them so they are my role models.

  Rain

  Art, Powerful, Hero

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• I wanted to know what exactly martial arts is. When you look at martial arts films, the later ones became more and more exaggerated. It's like, wow, is martial arts only a show?

  Wong Kar-wai

  Art, Looks, Wow

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• It is said that anyone who does commercial cinema is not acting, and anyone who does an art film is acting. I don't believe it. I feel whenever you are doing a film, you are acting. So you need to be applauded for that. I won't do art house cinemas. I want to make commercial films. I want my films to make money.

  Bipasha Basu

  Art, Believe, House

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• I liked the Hollywood stuff. But I also liked the fact that in both, you know, I guess in the, like, the auteur, the art film auteur at that time was Lina Wertmuller. So, you go see "Swept Away" or you go see a movie she did "Blood Feud" with Sophia Loren and Giancarlo Giannini. And I remember "Wifemistress" was a big movie at that time, really liked it, Laura Antonelli.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Art, Blood, Feuds

  "Pulp And Circumstance: Tarantino Rewrites History". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. August 27, 2009.

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• I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures.

  Ang Lee

  Art, Strong, Book

  "Ang Lee and James Schamus". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2000.

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• I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.

  Halle Berry

  Art, Thinking, Done

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• Im a big fan of martial arts films, novels and radio programs.

  Wong Kar-wai

  Art, Fans, Radio

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• Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western.

  Ang Lee

  Art, Chinese, Film

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A lot of Chinese martial arts films were based on Chinese martial arts novels. And these novels created a world of putting history, calligraphy, and martial arts into one.

  Donnie Yen

  Art, Chinese, World

  Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. August 26, 2004.

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• A lot of people don't realize, when you are acting in a martial arts film, you're not just performing martial arts. You're not just performing martial arts. You're actually acting as much as any other actor.

  Donnie Yen

  Art, People, Acting

  "Interview with Action Film Star Donnie Yen". "Talk Asia", www.cnn.com. October 19, 2011.

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• When I graduated from high school, I got accepted to York University, Fine Arts film program.

  Mike Myers

  Art, School, Film

  "Toronto: Fleming Q&A’s Mike Myers On ‘Supermensch’ Directorial Debut". Interview with Mike Fleming Jr, deadline.com. September 6, 2013.

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• Independent film is almost nonexistent right now, because all the distributers that used to love to put out these little art films are all out of business right now, because it costs so much to open a movie.

  Ron Perlman

  Art, Independent, Cost

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• There is also a strong following among the urbanites on the East Coast when it comes to martial arts films.

  Donnie Yen

  Art, Strong, Easter

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• I think that there is always room for improvement so I am seeking to reach as far as I can in my field of art, film and animation.

  St. Lucia

  Art, Thinking, Rooms

  Source: arcthemagazine.com

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• Kids are always infatuated with the action in Martial Arts Films. Let me tell you, there is nothing better for kids than the Arts. That is what kept me straight and decent. I always had a place to go. That was the dojo. I always had something to look forward to doing.

  Thomas Ian Griffith

  Art, Kids, Looks

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I would trade many an art-film classic for the final exchange between Redford and Streisand in front of the Plaza.

  Molly Haskell

  Art, Finals, Classic

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