The Kubrick Site: Kubrick speaks in regard to 'Barry Lyndon'
... See moreOne of the things I always find extremely difficult, when a picture's finished, is when a writer or a film reviewer asks, "Now, what is it that you were trying to say in that picture?" And without being thought too presumptuous for using this analogy, I like to remember what T.S. Eliot said to someone who had asked him—I believe it was The Waste La
Dramatic Irony: Employ Hitchcock’s favorite device and hide from the protagonist a fact known to the audience.
Robert McKee • Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
What I like about film is that you never immediately know what has been shot. When I feel in my guts we have the best we can possibly get, I stop. I don’t want to be able to push a button and check there and then what we’ve been working on. This is why you won’t find video-assist monitors on my set. I feel the same way about dailies, which I always
... See morePaul Cronin • Werner Herzog – A Guide for the Perplexed: Conversations with Paul Cronin
Hmm, where were we? Ah, yes, he was talking about how movies can be built or deconstructed because of Killers, which has the elliptical, episodic structure of many of his other films. Less narrative, more atmosphere, more information by way of anecdote, by way of scene, by way of character. “What I had hoped to do, and I didn’t do this intentionall... See more
Martin Scorsese: “I Have To Find Out Who The Hell I Am.”
He broke down each scene according to five key criteria: a synopsis (or summary) of the scene; the historical context; the imagery and tone for the “look and feel” of a scene; the core intention; and any potential pitfalls to avoid. In his own words, “I endeavored to distill the essence of each scene into a sentence, expressing in a few words what
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