Able Quote by Roger Ebert

The 1960s and 1970s were the real years for independent film, because they were really independent. Plus, there were hundreds of distributors. There were…

— John Landis

In the '60s and '70s it was a great period for American films because studios were still run by individuals who worked off the…

— John Boorman

That was the magical thing about the Seventies: artists ruled. Because films were relatively low-budget, nobody cared. We could just go off and work.

— Sissy Spacek

For the most part, the American film market has become very corporatised, even independent film to a degree, and because of the corporate management…

— Anthony LaPaglia

It was a different time in the 1970s. Movies didn't have to make as much money.

— Sydney Pollack

It has become harder and harder in the United States to make films unhampered by outside influences. I've always been able to steer clear…

— Woody Allen

Movies are somewhat diminished by blockbusters, which are great, but there's not enough choice.

— Pierce Brosnan

Coming out of the '60s and the Vietnam War in America, it was commonplace for people to make films that had relevance to them.…

— Dan Gilroy

But at the same time, the film industry just got torched. The risk tolerance for the types of movies we're talking about is lower,…

— Edward Norton

In case you don't know this, we're not in the '90s anymore. Indie cinema does not reign.

— Parker Posey

Mainstream cinema exists in most large industries and then there is the alternative cinema which does not follow the conventions of the mainstream movies.…

— Konkona Sen Sharma

We were just trying to make the films that we could get made, and to push the envelope. We didn't realize how far we…

— William Friedkin