Cinema Quote by Ted Demme Download Open image “I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.” — Ted Demme ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cinema Film Kurosawa
The films I liked were European films - Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, François Truffaut. — Tobe Hooper Copy Share Image
I've been pretty lucky to work with directors who were quite influenced by European cinema. — Alexandre Desplat Copy Share Image
[Akiro] Kurosawa, no doubt, was a big influence. Movies sometimes more than directors have influenced me: The Grapes of Wrath, by John Ford, was… — Costa-Gavras Copy Share Image
Even if I were to try to imitate Kurosawa I know that it's absolutely impossible. That era of film was just something else, including… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
It was always something I knew I was capable of and from an early age my mother was involved in the film industry. She… — Karl Urban Copy Share Image
I was influenced by American movies of the '60s and '70s, especially Don Siegel's 'Dirty Harry' and the films of Sam Peckinpah. And, of… — Shinichiro Watanabe Copy Share Image
I like Italian movies. I was frequently there in the '60s, in Rome and the vicinity. It was a great period in life. I… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
I think Kurosawa was one of the first storytelling geniuses who began to change the narrative structure of films. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say,… — Ted Demme Copy Share Image
There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again. — Ted Demme Copy Share Image
But my humble opinion is, I'm not quite sure where I stand on the legalization of drugs - though, if tequila is legal, pot… — Ted Demme Copy Share Image
I tried to stick to my game plan, which was always being aware of what my A story was - the love story between… — Ted Demme Copy Share Image
You know, I think everything I do cinematically for the rest of my life will probably have some direct route back to Jonathan. But… — Ted Demme Copy Share Image
That's why I'm really trying to produce my own stuff. This film was so good, because I produced it myself, and developed it, and… — Ted Demme Copy Share Image
And then we watched an amazing number of movies from the late '60s and '70s, which is my favorite time, and we studied their… — Ted Demme Copy Share Image
I felt that as long as we were being honest, and that we didn't bend the truth to accomplish another goal, to be entertaining… — Ted Demme Copy Share Image
The older I get the more I realize there's no real good guys or real bad guys, and I'm curious about how the good… — Ted Demme Copy Share Image
I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, because films wouldn't have the… — Ted Demme Copy Share Image
The thing that's great about those guys at Miramax is the Weinstein brothers. They are the two funniest guys I've ever met in my… — Ted Demme Copy Share Image
I made, like, five movies while I was in college. I think they just weren't memorable movies. I've taken breaks as the years have… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write a film with my friend. I'd love to get the thrill of speaking actors making my work even funnier. — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived. — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
To an ever greater extent out experience is governed by pictures, pictures in newspapers and magazines, on television and in the cinema. Next to… — Douglas Crimp Copy Share Image
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
I love film people and actors and I am in the right world because I am one of those people. — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
Personally, I prefer contemporary films, but the market calls for more period choices, especially since China opened up a cinema market in Hong Kong.… — Donnie Yen Copy Share Image
I'd love to work in the States; I'd love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play.… — Laura Carmichael Copy Share Image
I even see the cinema itself as a woman, with its alternation of light and darkness, of appearing and disappearing images — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image