Olympics Quotes by Gary Hustwit
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Gary Hustwit’s Olympic musings are brief but reveal a filmmaker’s appreciation for the spectacle of competition. These few statements give a quick sense of how he frames storytelling, inspiration, and the power of shared moments.
![“Smaller cities, places like Sarajevo, for example, even amid all that destruction there's still so much pride that the [Olympic] games were there and that they did it.” quote by Gary Hustwit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/382/gary-hustwit-39684_cities_smaller-cities-places-like-sarajevo-for_527403.jpg)
![“Beijing is an example of [families were displaced for the Olympics]. Something like 10,000 families were moved out.” quote by Gary Hustwit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dab/gary-hustwit-39684_beijing_beijing-is-an-example-of-families-were-d_928025.jpg)
![“So many people that we met had some sort of connection to the [Olympics] games. Some story about how they volunteered there, or some sort of memory of it. It still is in the cultural memory and identity of these cities as much as it is in the physical and architectural memory. It's where these two…” quote by Gary Hustwit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5c4/gary-hustwit-39684_cities_so-many-people-that-we-met-had-some-sort_1649130.jpg)
![“Every city and country just has a different reason for wanting to host the [Olympic] games.” quote by Gary Hustwit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5f9/gary-hustwit-39684_cities_every-city-and-country-just-has-a-differ_1682514.jpg)
![“Like for Putin it's really about hosting this two-week [Olympic] party and showing it off to the world.It's a pride thing. It's a big PR exercise for him and for Russia. So, at that point $50 billion and some environmental damage and a small city's future don't really matter.” quote by Gary Hustwit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f30/gary-hustwit-39684_bigs_like-for-putin-it-s-really-about-hosting_2753456.jpg)