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> [Film’s thought of as a director’s medium because the director creates the end product that appears on the screen. It’s that stupid auteur theory again, that the director is the author of the film. But what does the director shoot-the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-wilder/film-s-thought-of-as-a-director-s-medium-because-the-director-creates/)

[Billy Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-wilder/)

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> [There is no obligation for the author of a film to believe in, or to sympathise with, the moral behaviour of his characters. Nor is he necessarily to be accredited with the same opinions as his characters. Nor is it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-greenaway/there-is-no-obligation-for-the-author-of-a-film-to-believe-in-or-to/)

[Peter Greenaway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-greenaway/)

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