You make the movie through the cinematography - it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me.
From Nicolas Roeg
I've always admired the tradition of storytellers who sat in the public market and told their stories to gathered crowds. They'd start with a single premise and talk for hours - the notion of one story, ever-changing but never-ending.
There's no one 'right' way of making a science fiction movie; there's no one way of making any kind of movie, really!
Oh, some of my films have been attacked with absolute vitriol!
I was always a bit arty-farty as a boy. 'Come on, Mr. Arty-Farty,' my sister used to say to me.
I came up the old-fashioned way - tea boy, cutter, focus-puller, cinematographer - but I wasn't myself old-fashioned.
Film remains completely mystical and mysterious to me.
When a book is just a plot, you know, two men fight for the love of a woman in a wild frontier, I immediately ask, 'Why?'
Marketing is such a key issue; in fact, the marketing department is often involved in the approval of scripts now.
A lot of my movies have come to be thought about only years after the fact, and I'm sad about that but also happy about it in a way, as it's given them longevity.
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