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> [Up until the middle to late '60s, it was a choice to film in black-and-white or color. But then television became so vital to a film's finance, and television won't show black-and-white. So that killed it off, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/up-until-the-middle-to-late-60s-it-was-a-choice-to-film-in-black-and/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

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## More by John Boorman

> [What is passion? It is surely the becoming of a person. Are we not, for most of our lives, marking time? Most of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/what-is-passion-it-is-surely-the-becoming-of-a-person-are-we-not-for/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

> [What we need is someone to abolish the House Of Lords, get rid of the Royal Family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/what-we-need-is-someone-to-abolish-the-house-of-lords-get-rid-of-the/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

> [I was in Japan, and my assistant director had worked with Kurosawa. I used quite of number of Kurosawa's crew.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/i-was-in-japan-and-my-assistant-director-had-worked-with-kurosawa-i/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

> [And you poor creatures--who conjured you out of the clay? Is God in show business, too?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/and-you-poor-creatures-who-conjured-you-out-of-the-clay-is-god-in/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

> [There are always forces at work in a society, certainly in America, which are really forces of censorship -either religious bodies or zealots who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/there-are-always-forces-at-work-in-a-society-certainly-in-america/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

> [Black-and-white gives you that sort of parallel world. Also, it's very close to the condition of dreaming, to the unconscious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/black-and-white-gives-you-that-sort-of-parallel-world-also-it-s-very/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

> [There's always been this strand of filmmaking in Britain which is like socialist neo-realism. That's always been there. I've never been part of that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/there-s-always-been-this-strand-of-filmmaking-in-britain-which-is/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

> [The more extreme and the more expressed that passion is, the more unbearable does life seem without it. It reminds us that if passion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/the-more-extreme-and-the-more-expressed-that-passion-is-the-more/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

> [I'm trying to suggest a kind of Middle Earth, in Tolkien terms. It's a contiguous world; it's like ours but different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/i-m-trying-to-suggest-a-kind-of-middle-earth-in-tolkien-terms-it-s-a/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

> [When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/when-actors-are-being-defensive-and-defending-their-position-that-is/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

> [I look at the story, I look at the idea and just try to think of it in terms of that whole body of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/i-look-at-the-story-i-look-at-the-idea-and-just-try-to-think-of-it-in/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

> [All the interesting films are now being made by their subsidiaries for very low budgets. But the studios are not making money. They're making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/all-the-interesting-films-are-now-being-made-by-their-subsidiaries/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

> [It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even people that are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/it-s-so-easy-to-manipulate-an-audience-but-it-s-nearly-always-clear/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

> [In the '60s and '70s it was a great period for American films because studios were still run by individuals who worked off the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/in-the-60s-and-70s-it-was-a-great-period-for-american-films-because/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

> [What is passion? Passion is surely the becoming of a person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boorman/what-is-passion-passion-is-surely-the-becoming-of-a-person/)

[John Boorman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boorman/)

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