Films Quotes by Harmony Korine

9 Films quotes by Harmony Korine

Harmony Korine’s film musings arrive in a concise eight‑quote bundle. This bite‑sized set gives you a taste of his off‑beat sensibility, ideal for a brief dip into his cinematic mind.

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I don't make movies for the same reason that a lot of people do. I make films because I need to see…

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What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters.

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I always try to make films in such a way that it's hard to imagine how they came to be, or where…

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When I was a kid, I loved Nicholas brothers films. It was like skateboarding. Even Gene Kelly: I always preferred him to…

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I'd always heard stories about how Harpo Marx was the most talkative of the Marx brothers. I found it interesting that someone…

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When I'm directing films, I mostly try to create an environment on set that mimics what's in my mind as to the…

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I see things in a specific way. All the films are different. There are specific characters and scenes and locations and ideas.…

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I purposefully try to make films in that grey area, where things are morally ambiguous. It's like life: good people do horrible…

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I always wanted the films to play in malls, and I wanted as many people as possible to see them. I never…

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A scientist shouldn't be asked to judge the economic and moral value of his work. All we should ask the scientist to do is…

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I've started lots of books, but it's hard for me to finish them.

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I'd always heard stories about how Harpo Marx was the most talkative of the Marx brothers. I found it interesting that someone you never…

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The first time I hung out with [David Blaine], he took me to this condemned building, and it had a pizza oven and he…

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Here's the thing that people don't understand: I don't really care. I've never been a careerist. It's not a strategy. I react to certain…

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What makes Gucci Mane Gucci Mane is like what made Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra - it's just him. He's trap's Frank Sinatra.

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I tried working odd jobs that had nothing to do with creating, and it was difficult for me. In the end, I just always…

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I always wanted the films to play in malls, and I wanted as many people as possible to see them. I never want them…

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Some of the most radical work is being done in the most commercially pop venues, and some of the most boring work is being…

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I look at WorldstarHipHop in the morning, Bossip, Global Grind, and everything in between, but it's all so quick, I don't even think about…

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I just haven't let myself get to a place where I've felt a part of any kind of a community, so I've always stayed…

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My knock with filmmaking is the whole bureaucracy around it, so in some ways, staying outside of it is easier for me.

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Editing is fun for me. That's where you make things happen. Filming a movie, I just try to set things up and see where…

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Ever since I was little, I would just make stories up in my mind. It was based on people I saw in the street…

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It's hard to say things without coming off in a certain way, but at a young age, I felt very driven. All I ever…

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