I never really had any intention of getting involved in documentaries until the opportunity came around. I always thought much more in classic fiction cinema terms and I think I tried to apply those ideas to documentaries and not vice… — John Hyams Copy Share Image
[W]hen you're shooting a doc, you're trying to class it up because you can. You know, you're trying to make this feel like cinematic experience. And when you're doing fiction you're trying to do the opposite thing you're trying to… — John Hyams Copy Share Image
I never really had any intention of getting involved in documentaries until the opportunity came around. I always thought much more in classic fiction… — John Hyams Copy Share Image
There is nothing wrong with saving the world, but it's a little boring. — John Hyams Copy Share Image
I've always been a big proponent of point of view in cinema. Not necessarily that the point of view has to be subjective, but… — John Hyams Copy Share Image
Most of my training I do in between movies, and even if I wasn't an actor I'd be doing it. I started studying martial… — John Hyams Copy Share Image
[W]hen you're shooting a doc, you're trying to class it up because you can. You know, you're trying to make this feel like cinematic… — John Hyams Copy Share Image
I really only became an editor, or started doing my own editing because I was filming the docs and you simply can't keep an… — John Hyams Copy Share Image
I can talk about film theory forever and it may sound pretentious or something, but really it's just that I'm fascinated by it. — John Hyams Copy Share Image
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