Anchored Quote by Abbas Kiarostami

Of course, every movie is political, some people just deny it because they like the world the way it is.

— Celine Sciamma

I think every film is somehow a political film. You show a perspective and a world that has logic, and that logic is inserted…

— Pablo Larrain

I think all movies are political. The ones that are not political intentionally are the worst, and have the worst politics, I think.

— Celine Sciamma

Every film is a political act; it's how you see the world.

— Mira Nair

I have always had a deep belief that every movie, every artistic expression, is political. Don't be fooled. Even ones that we wouldn't consider…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

A movie isn't a political movement, a party or even an article. It's just a film. At best it can add its voice to…

— Ken Loach

I think my films are always political, even if I don't put explicitly political things in them.

— Pedro Almodovar

The thing is, right now the films don't need to be overtly political to be about our times. We also need films that are…

— Alexander Payne

Indeed it can be argued that to make a powerful film you must care about the subject, therefore powerful films tend to be both…

— Ben Edwards

Earlier, there used to be a taboo and people would say, 'Oh, don't put politics in your films; the audience don't watch it.' But…

— Kabir Khan

I don't think a film that has no effect on people or society is a good film.

— Takashi Miike

It's very hard to impose your beliefs or a specific message about any given movie. I think that audiences always extract what they want…

— Leonardo DiCaprio