Cinematic Quotes

73 Cinematic quotes by 65 unique authors

I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive. — Kathryn Bigelow
I began to exercise a lot of cinematic muscle with the precepts I had learned in the New York art world. Film was intriguing. I… — Kathryn Bigelow
My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like a dig. — Steve Buscemi
And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite… — Gabriel Byrne
There's something about a roller coaster that triggers strong feelings, maybe because most of us associate them with childhood. They're inherently cinematic; the very shape… — Diablo Cody
'Sweet Valley High' is fantastic, fabulous, a little bit campy, and - dare I say it - cinematic. — Diablo Cody
I don't like the strictly objective viewpoint [in which all of the characters' actions are described in the third person, but we never hear what… — George R. R. Martin
Cinematic and symphonic: this is a compelling story revealed in a sequence of voices that are as pitch-perfect as they are irresistible. This is a… — Rikki Ducornet
If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating… — Christine Baranski
THE ACT OF KILLING invents a new form of cinematic surrealism. — Werner Herzog
I fell in love with it. Walking around just feels so cinematic. I find the aris- tocratic parts of London so unattractive and angular; the… — Imogen Poots
When I go to the cinema, I want to have a cinematic experience. Some people ignore the sound and you end up seeing something you… — Lynne Ramsay
Filmmaking isn’t if you can just strap on a camera onto an actor, and steadicam, and point it at their face, and follow them through… — David Fincher
There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film… — Akira Kurosawa
With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with… — Akira Kurosawa
Pace is crucial. Fine writing isn't enough. Writing students can be great at producing a single page of well-crafted prose; what they sometimes lack is… — Rose Tremain
The poet’s life is just so much crenellated waste, nights and days whipping swiftly or laboriously past the cinematic window. We’re hunched and weaving over… — Eileen Myles
You have to question a cinematic culture that preaches artistic expression, and yet would support a decision that is clearly a product of a patriarchy-dominant… — Ryan Gosling
Up to and including the moment of exposure, the photographer is working in an undeniably subjective way. By his choice of technical approach, by the… — W. Eugene Smith
When I create a collection, I approach it with a cinematic point of view-I am not designing clothes, I'm creating a world. — Ralph Lauren
To my mind, any phenomenon is para-cinematic if it shares one element with cinema, e.g. modularity with respect to space or time. — Hollis Frampton
I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way. — Julie Taymor
I've taught both screenwriting and playwriting, and playwriting is both much harder and much more rewarding. One can teach people how to tell a story… — David Ives
Most of us live our lives devoid of cinematic moments. — Nora Ephron
My heroes among filmmakers would be people like Buñuel and Pasolini, who were of very high cinematic intelligence, but tread on a lot of toes. — Peter Greenaway

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