Cinematic Quotes

73 quotes by 65 authors

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 BuÃ±uel and Pasolini, who were of very high cinematic intelligence, but tread on a lot of toes. — Peter Greenaway
I go to a very visual place when I'm singing. It's very cinematic and I get this feeling of space. I love when music does… — Dave Gahan
The guys I grew up with, my cinematic heroes, have always been men of few words, but of action. Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach. — Adam Baldwin
Symmetria by the Uccello Project is a gorgeous, instrumental and largely unclassifiable record. Best thought of as 'cinematic', each of the tracks conjures up a… — Steve Lawson
And it's one reason why I don't go to a lot of movies - they're more and more dominated by corporate values and fiscal concerns… — Jeffrey Wright
I love it when television is shot in a cinematic way and I think to aspire to that is no bad thing. — Matthew Rhys
One of the things I think is important about 'Watchmen' is that it have resonance within cinematic pop culture as well as superhero culture. — Zack Snyder
But actually I make films that I think are extremely sophisticated and cinematic. — Mike Leigh
Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic. — Christine Baranski
I felt from time to time that shooting live music is the most purely cinematic thing you can do. Ideally, the cinema is becoming one… — Jonathan Demme
Completely committed to adapting 'Fifty Shades of Grey'. This is not a joke. Christian Grey and Ana: potentially great cinematic characters. — Bret Easton Ellis
Frank Capra, Hollywood's Horatio Alger, lights with more cinematic know-how and zeal than any other director to convince movie audiences that American life is exactly… — Manny Farber
I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic. — Jessica Hagedorn
There is no other way to break the frozen cinematic conventions than through a complete derangement of the official cinematic senses. — Jonas Mekas
I am an avid follower of the news, and sometimes you just can't take any more war, any more disasters, and you want to remind… — Alexander McQueen
I believe that you must be madly in love with cinema to create films. You also need a huge cinematic baggage. — Jean-Pierre Melville

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