Able Quote by Roger Ebert

“I was instructed long ago by a wise editor, "If you understand something you can explain it so that almost anyone can understand it.…

— Roger Ebert

I don’t like the idea of “understanding” a film. I don’t believe that rational understanding is an essential element in the reception of any…

— Federico Fellini

Film is difficult to explain because it is easy to understand.

— Christian Metz

There is an amount of abstraction in my movies, and sometimes they don't really understand it until the film is finished.

— Michel Gondry

Critics and academics often employ theories and philosophers in order to help them understand and dissect movies and books.

— Douglas Lain

Film is an oversimplification of things. That it really boils things down and makes them too simple.

— Morgan Spurlock

If a spectator with a philosophical mind, somebody accustomed to reading books, gets the same kind of information in a movie, he might not…

— Manuel Puig

I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation.

— Charlotte Gainsbourg

To be understood a writer has to explain almost everything.

— Eugene Delacroix

If you understand each other's way of thinking, you understand what kind of film someone is trying to make, and all the ideas that…

— Stellan Skarsgard

I don't believe in misconceptions in art and films. There are always so many different ways to relate to or understand a film. I…

— Claudia Llosa

If you start with a good idea, you can encapsulate it in a phrase and explain it. I like high-concept films. Everyone can get…

— Jane Campion