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Film Quotes by Philip Kaufman

8 Film quotes by Philip Kaufman

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Philip Kaufman’s reflections on the art of film are distilled into eight brief quotes here. The selection is compact, yet each line hints at his narrative curiosity and visual flair, providing a neat entry point for anyone interested in his viewpoints.

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Nowadays they either want to move the film to Canada or in some cases they go to Prague or Romania or they…

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This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here,…

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Making movies can be a creative exciting project for director and rest of staff.

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But you know, there's always a danger nowadays that films are gonna be brought up to Canada for budget reasons. And that's…

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Is there something to be said for the writings of the Marquis? Is there something to be said for pornography? And is…

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Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go into adult relationships. I think there's a huge audience in America for those…

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It just seemed to me to be a great story, set back in its time but something that seemed to have relevance…

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Similarly, the Marquis is presented in this film as someone who would disturb the status quo and therefore must be kept imprisoned.

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What's really interesting about that is that a lot of these words that were incendiary in their time now seem almost harmless and laughable,…

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And I liked this extreme character of de Sade.

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Nowadays they either want to move the film to Canada or in some cases they go to Prague or Romania or they want to…

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This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here, you know…

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The truth is, I'm drawn to all kinds of things.

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Making movies can be a creative exciting project for director and rest of staff.

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But you know, there's always a danger nowadays that films are gonna be brought up to Canada for budget reasons. And that's something that…

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Is there something to be said for the writings of the Marquis? Is there something to be said for pornography? And is there something…

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Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go into adult relationships. I think there's a huge audience in America for those kinds of…

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To me, thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our society should not be idle entertainments but the joy of pursuing…

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That's a little homage in a way to that and also to create that sort of creepy atmosphere that Hitchcock did. Vertigo was one…

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I shot a lot of close-ups on this movie 'cause there's like a dual mystery, she's searching through her haunted past to find some…

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It just seemed to me to be a great story, set back in its time but something that seemed to have relevance for our…

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Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely…

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The danger is not so much in the economic structure of a society but in its intellectual structure.

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