Every film that is made about the past is always a reflection of the present. — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I recommend to any of you, that's always a good way to make a film: use the interesting bits. — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker, I'm interminably curious and nosy, but certain times you meet people and think, 'I don't want to push you… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
My grandfather died before I started making films, but I definitely learnt this from him: believe in your own judgment and stick… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
The relationship between director and subject can become very intense. It's a bit like therapy, with lots of transferences going on. It's… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
The great thing about making a film on a submarine is that it's kind of like making a play. You've got this… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I've done a few celebrity-related things, and I think on the first one - about Mick Jagger - I got stung and… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
With 'Black Sea,' I long had an idea that I wanted to do a film about people stuck on the bottom of… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
It's nice to stretch in different directions and use different muscles. You can get swallowed into Hollywood, where it's all about bums… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
The only obligation you have as a film-maker is to tell your version of the truth and to use your film to… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself particularly as a Scottish director, but you are what you are because the first ten years of… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
Although 'The Anderson Platoon' was what we would now call an 'embedded film' - with all the ambiguities that term implies -… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
The interesting thing to me is that somehow the future of movies will become a more social thing... I think that people… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I think everything that I've done, I've been involved with for longer. Either you develop it from scratch, or you take something,… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
When we made 'Life in a Day,' we asked people around the globe to record their lives on a single ordinary day.… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I was fascinated by making a submarine movie, inspired by the Kursk disaster. This idea of being trapped down at the bottom… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
Despite the limitations of the bulky 16mm camera and 10-minute film magazines, 'The Anderson Platoon' feels as spontaneous and fresh as any… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I remember going to the university film club to see 'The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp' one night and being bowled… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
There were many times during the filming of 'Touching the Void' when I wondered why I had ever thought I wanted to… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
When you're trying to make a film, you're trying to find a way to love your subject, and you want your audience… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
For me, the aim of making any film like this, any film about an artist, would be to send you back to… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
Young people read their news online; they expect to get their news for free. — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I've fallen out very badly with some of the subjects I've interviewed, because they see their lives a certain way; to step into a… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
I was a teenager in the '80s, and I was always a bit dismissive of Houston, as I think a lot of people who… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
With fiction, I've grown to really love the challenge of lying, the challenge of telling a good tale that isn't truthful, and working with… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
When you're an outsider and going into a culture like America, it's easier to stay away from any cliches because you're not really aware… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
Although 'The Anderson Platoon' was what we would now call an 'embedded film' - with all the ambiguities that term implies - somehow Schoendoerffer… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
The relationship between director and subject can become very intense. It's a bit like therapy, with lots of transferences going on. It's easy to… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
When we made 'Life in a Day,' we asked people around the globe to record their lives on a single ordinary day. When we… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
There were many times during the filming of 'Touching the Void' when I wondered why I had ever thought I wanted to make this… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
Coming from documentaries, my biggest challenge was to understand actors' psychologies. American actors take it all very seriously; British actors don't enter into all… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
You can go to places in Africa and Asia and find Marley graffiti. In the slums of Nairobi, you see his lyrics painted on… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
