--- title: "18 Film Medium Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 18 Film Medium quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Film Medium sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/nick-cave-1153_betrayal_film-seems-to-be-a-medium-designed-for-b_3058608.jpg" --- > [Film seems to be a medium designed for betrayal and violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/film-seems-to-be-a-medium-designed-for-betrayal-and-violence/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/nick-cave-1153_betrayal_film-seems-to-be-a-medium-designed-for-b_3058608.jpg) > [I have always been so interested in film as a medium.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christoph-waltz/i-have-always-been-so-interested-in-film-as-a-medium/) [Christoph Waltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christoph-waltz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d31/christoph-waltz-8110_always_i-have-always-been-so-interested-in-film_1064669.jpg) > [Film as a medium has a power that sports like wrestling lack.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geeta-phogat/film-as-a-medium-has-a-power-that-sports-like-wrestling-lack/) [Geeta Phogat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geeta-phogat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eeb/geeta-phogat-5744_cinema_film-as-a-medium-has-a-power-that-sports_1416889.jpg) > [Play is a medium of word and film is a medium of picture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paresh-rawal/play-is-a-medium-of-word-and-film-is-a-medium-of-picture/) [Paresh Rawal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paresh-rawal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/711/paresh-rawal-5612_cinema_play-is-a-medium-of-word-and-film-is-a-m_322626.jpg) > [Film is a medium where the audience gives you 100 per cent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahir-raj-bhasin/film-is-a-medium-where-the-audience-gives-you-100-per-cent/) [Tahir Raj Bhasin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahir-raj-bhasin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/450/tahir-raj-bhasin-7514_audience_film-is-a-medium-where-the-audience-give_2988479.jpg) > [Film is a medium of clear lines and broad strikes - which can be fantastic - but compared to the subtleties and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-boyd/film-is-a-medium-of-clear-lines-and-broad-strikes-which-can-be/) [William Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-boyd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e67/william-boyd-3581_books_film-is-a-medium-of-clear-lines-and-broa_2276077.png) > [Film as a medium, like a novel as a medium, possesses a unique ability to communicate. Film is capable of communicating in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bennett-miller/film-as-a-medium-like-a-novel-as-a-medium-possesses-a-unique-ability/) [Bennett Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bennett-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68e/bennett-miller-7493_ability_film-as-a-medium-like-a-novel-as-a-mediu_1038124.jpg) > [In film as a medium, you're often given a baddie and a goodie and told what to think about them; it's usually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keira-knightley/in-film-as-a-medium-you-re-often-given-a-baddie-and-a-goodie-and-told/) [Keira Knightley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keira-knightley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/keira-knightley-3384_cinema_in-film-as-a-medium-you-re-often-given-a_1257251.jpg) > [What we do in theatre is unlike film or any other medium. We can never really truly see the work that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/okieriete-onaodowan/what-we-do-in-theatre-is-unlike-film-or-any-other-medium-we-can-never/) [Okieriete Onaodowan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/okieriete-onaodowan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/okieriete-onaodowan-21844_cinema_what-we-do-in-theatre-is-unlike-film-or_1671322.jpg) > [Our personal past is only available to us now through black-and-white film, it's a medium for communication with the dead, including our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lentricchia/our-personal-past-is-only-available-to-us-now-through-black-and-white/) [Frank Lentricchia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lentricchia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e70/frank-lentricchia-36155_black_our-personal-past-is-only-available-to-u_2328389.png) > [I try to approach the film medium as a novelist and the novel medium as a filmmaker on some level. It's that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-hawley/i-try-to-approach-the-film-medium-as-a-novelist-and-the-novel-medium/) [Noah Hawley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-hawley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/noah-hawley-3673_balance_i-try-to-approach-the-film-medium-as-a-n_2413385.jpg) > [I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-mclaren/i-believe-that-movies-are-fast-becoming-antique-and-dinosauric-as-a/) [Malcolm Mclaren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-mclaren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/malcolm-mclaren-19423_antiques_i-believe-that-movies-are-fast-becoming_2404521.jpg) > [A funny thing about film is that it's the only medium where people say there are really rules that you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/a-funny-thing-about-film-is-that-it-s-the-only-medium-where-people/) [Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/steven-knight-2205_character_a-funny-thing-about-film-is-that-it-s-th_1943367.jpg) > [The film medium is some sort of magic. I think also it's a magic that every frame comes and stands still for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingmar-bergman/the-film-medium-is-some-sort-of-magic-i-think-also-it-s-a-magic-that/) [Ingmar Bergman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingmar-bergman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/ingmar-bergman-4973_cinema_the-film-medium-is-some-sort-of-magic-i_3155243.jpg) > [If some independent artists are using film as a medium to reach out to an audience, it should be promoted. Cinema is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shankar-mahadevan/if-some-independent-artists-are-using-film-as-a-medium-to-reach-out/) [Shankar Mahadevan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shankar-mahadevan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06e/shankar-mahadevan-6080_art_if-some-independent-artists-are-using-fi_2104487.jpg) > [Peter Kubelka is the perfectionist of the film medium; and, as I honor that quality above all others at this time finding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-brakhage/peter-kubelka-is-the-perfectionist-of-the-film-medium-and-as-i-honor/) [Stan Brakhage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-brakhage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/stan-brakhage-23712_elsewhere_peter-kubelka-is-the-perfectionist-of-th_3046512.jpg) > [“Cinema is a mixed form. L'Avventura has characters, it has social context, and these things are not trivial. Its plot is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lentricchia/cinema-is-a-mixed-form-l-avventura-has-characters-it-has-social/) [Frank Lentricchia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lentricchia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4b/frank-lentricchia-36155_cinema_cinema-is-a-mixed-form-l-avventura-has-c_1785041.png) > [The reason I've gotten into script-writing, which was accidental to begin with, was that I found it was a far more effective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-cave/the-reason-i-ve-gotten-into-script-writing-which-was-accidental-to/) [Nick Cave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-cave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/nick-cave-1153_ballads_the-reason-i-ve-gotten-into-script-writi_2895062.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/film-medium/#itemlist", "name": "Film Medium Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", 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We can never really truly see the work that we made because we're in in.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Okieriete Onaodowan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/okieriete-onaodowan/what-we-do-in-theatre-is-unlike-film-or-any-other-medium-we-can-never/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/okieriete-onaodowan-21844_cinema_what-we-do-in-theatre-is-unlike-film-or_1671322.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/okieriete-onaodowan-21844_cinema_what-we-do-in-theatre-is-unlike-film-or_1671322.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/okieriete-onaodowan-21844_cinema_what-we-do-in-theatre-is-unlike-film-or_1671322.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What we do in theatre is unlike film or any other medium. 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It's that…” — Noah Hawley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Malcolm Mclaren" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-mclaren/i-believe-that-movies-are-fast-becoming-antique-and-dinosauric-as-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/malcolm-mclaren-19423_antiques_i-believe-that-movies-are-fast-becoming_2404521.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/malcolm-mclaren-19423_antiques_i-believe-that-movies-are-fast-becoming_2404521.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c1/malcolm-mclaren-19423_antiques_i-believe-that-movies-are-fast-becoming_2404521.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. 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