Cinema Quote by Dan Gilroy

There are so many films now where you know the story is a supporting role to the visual effects.

— Ricky Gervais

When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations.

— Ashwin Sanghi

That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.

— J. C. Chandor

I really admire visual storytelling that shows you what's happening, instead of tells you what's happening. I think it really forces the filmmaking to…

— John Kahrs

Visually, I want to try everything. But I believe that every shot of my films really expresses what I think about the story and…

— Takashi Miike

I had to learn the image is not the word, which is a jolt for a literary soul. But it has served me well…

— Rita Mae Brown

When I watch a movie I don't really care too much about the plot - not that it isn't important, but what I remember…

— Jamie Hyneman

The cinematographer's basically translating the director's vision into imagery.

— Rachel Morrison

The only purpose of the visuals, in any film, is to serve the story.

— Don Hertzfeldt

Cinema is a visual language, and you're always looking for visual metaphors for things. You know, if I was writing a play about Howard…

— John Logan

When you're making a film you're thinking about how to tell the story visually.

— Sofia Coppola

A lot of the surreal filmmakers, like David Lynch, Alejandro Jodorowsky, or countless other underground filmmakers... Their sense of explosive images have always dominated…

— Nicolas Winding Refn