Eras Quote by Dave McKean

I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by…

— Michel Hazanavicius

I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by…

— Michel Hazanavicius

I love silent cinema but don't hold it sacred. Like any branch of film there are some very boring films alongside the masterpieces.

— Michel Hazanavicius

I intend more of a kinship with silent films than more modern film. I like the old cinema. My films are more of a…

— George Lucas

Silent films were, I think, more different than we know to sound films. We think of it as simply that we added dialogue and…

— Peter Weir

I'm a big fan of silent cinema and I think that before I got into the canon of European arthouse cinema, the first interesting…

— Robert Eggers

I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and…

— Sami Gayle

For me, I loved it. I only want to make silent movies now.

— Jean Dujardin

I've always been a follower of silent movies. I see film as a visual medium with a musical accompaniment, and dialogue is a raft…

— George Lucas

I watched a lot of silent movies. It's a very specific way of writing, which is more of a challenge than the directing. You…

— Michel Hazanavicius

Silent films are fairytales. All stories are more or less fairytales, and removing speech makes everything more universal. It makes specific characters stand in…

— Guy Maddin

When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me-I still watch silent films. I don't think…

— Alain Resnais