Cinema Quote by D. A. Pennebaker

I think as the largest democracy in the world, we have self-conscious filmmakers who can handle sensitive themes.

— Shoojit Sircar

The truth is, it's a totalitarian dictatorship when you're making films. You are the boss. You can listen to other people, and it can…

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film…

— Abbas Kiarostami

There's a need to create a space for different kind of films. Let all kind of films co-exist peacefully.

— Kay Kay Menon

Indeed it can be argued that to make a powerful film you must care about the subject, therefore powerful films tend to be both…

— Ben Edwards

Fascism is more of a natural state than democracy. To assume blithely that we can export democracy into any country we choose can serve…

— Norman Mailer

My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if George W.Bush comes out on the…

— John Sayles

Of course there are many films about the period of Fascism itself but I don't know of any about that period beforehand. But it…

— Michael Haneke

I have the opportunity to make my films and I think that's a luxury. I don't have any problems by filming things that can…

— Miguel Gomes

My argument has always been that this is not an anti-Bush film, it's a pro-democracy film. And if Bush comes out on the wrong…

— John Sayles

In many points in history films and filmmakers have been banned for political reasons- that's how annoying they can be to oppressing systems, how…

— Andrea Suarez Paz

When a country's government is involved in something, no filmmaker tries to make a film on it.

— Vivek Agnihotri