Cinematic – Quotes

And then, I suppose,

And then, I suppose, there’s also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that. Gabriel Byrne

I can’t write a scene unless I’ve visualized it. Unless I can actually see it, and that’s why a lot of reviewers have said my books are very cinematic, because I actually do see them before I write them. Eric Van Lustbader

My cinematic crush has

My cinematic crush has been pretty much the same since I was 12: Kevin Costner. Emma Watson

I think sometimes the

I think sometimes the way to preserve the magic of a book is to throw it away – meaning, not to cling to the way a book does its magic but to find a cinematic equivalent. Emma Donoghue

The poet’s life is

The poet’s life is just so much crenellated waste, nights and days whipping swiftly or laboriously past the cinematic window. We’re hunched and weaving over the keys of our green our grey or pink blue manual typewriter maybe a darker stone cold thoritative selectric with its orgasmic expectant hum and us popping pills and laughing … Read more

I dislike The Exorcist,

I dislike The Exorcist, and I found it a warning sign of the dangers in a furious cinematic talent putting the audience through it (a Hitchcock phrase) without purpose, or without the nagging moral anxiety that activated Hitch. You see, I don’t think William Friedkin believes in the Devil, or cares about him. I think … Read more

Purely cinematic film …

Purely cinematic film … actually the purest expression of a cinematic idea. Francois Truffaut

I need to create

I need to create a whole cinematic experience. I think that’s what it takes to get the audience to the theater and justify seeing [a movie] on a big screen. You have to give them a cinematic experience. Fede Alvarez

I think making a

I think making a great action movie is one of the hardest cinematic endeavors. By definition, smart characters avoid action. Smart people don’t go down dark alleys, but if you’re making an action movie and you want to have an action sequence, somehow you have to get that character into that dangerous situation. Doug Liman

In Hong Kong, particularly,

In Hong Kong, particularly, we craft this art for decades. The action choreographer actually is the action director. He takes over and he choreographs with – by himself or with his team, and place the camera where he feels cinematic effect to bring out that choreography. Donnie Yen