Ricky Roma
Legacy Member
"Too much like Vertigo" - Brian De Palma
"I said no smoking on the set, you're fired!" - Jean-Luc Godard
"I want to give the audience something for their money. I want them to forget about their problems for two hours and to just have a good time at the movies." - Michael Haneke
"Let's just pretend." - Werner Herzog
"Can we have a little less CGI please?" James Cameron and Peter Jackson
"No need for a retake, that shot was perfect" - Stanley Kubrick
"It's going to have a closing narration, so nobody is left behind." - David Lynch
"Making this film was an honour and a privilege." - Alan Smithee
"Can we have less bad language please?" - Quentin Tarantino
"For Christ's sake, would you let the other actors finish their lines before you start talking?" - Robert Altman
"Ugh, that's disgusting, no way I'm filming that!" - David Cronenberg
"Let's try to get this whole scene in one shot." - Michael Bay
"So yeah, the rumors are true, i'm re-cutting Satantango for an American re-release, gonna throw in some jump cuts, less mud, cows and drunks, maybe toss in some go-go dancers, it'll be fabulous!" - Béla Tarr
"Actually Johnny's not gonna be in my next one." - Tim Burton
"For my next film..." - Charles Laughton
"Can we try it again without the dwarf?" - David Lynch
"I would like to thank the Academy....." - Uwe Boll
"My next film is going to concern the struggle of an honest white man in America today, and the politically correct prejudices the media holds against him for his ancestors' actions centuries ago" - Spike Lee
"Mazel tov!" - Mel Gibson
"It really does look more natural in 2D." - James Cameron
"Get rid of that damn lens flare, will ya, it's making the whole film look stupid." - J.J. Abrams
"Get me that Michael Cera kid, I need something hip on this one" - Martin Scorsese
"Great job today, Shelley." - Stanley Kubrick
"I'm thinking of ending this shot before the reel change cue." - Béla Tarr
"Somebody check the papers on these kids." - Pasolini
"I always say, put the horizon line in the middle." - John Ford
"Tracking shot? Are you out of your fucking mind? Too time consuming. Can't we just strap it to this guy's shoulders and have him run with it?" - Max Ophüls
"I told my editor, none of that gimmicky faux jump cut, suspended time rubbish. I want traditional cuts, a nice even narrative strand." - Nicholas Roeg
"Who wrote in all this flower crap? Lose the matriarchal society bullshit, in fact lose the women altogether, this is a man's film dammit." - Pedro Almodóvar
"My all time favourite movie is The Birth of a Nation" - Spike Lee
"I am sick and tired of films that do nothing but imitate 60's and 70's B movies, and then pass themselves off as 'Homages" - Quentin Tarantino
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Keep 'em coming!
"I said no smoking on the set, you're fired!" - Jean-Luc Godard
"I want to give the audience something for their money. I want them to forget about their problems for two hours and to just have a good time at the movies." - Michael Haneke
"Let's just pretend." - Werner Herzog
"Can we have a little less CGI please?" James Cameron and Peter Jackson
"No need for a retake, that shot was perfect" - Stanley Kubrick
"It's going to have a closing narration, so nobody is left behind." - David Lynch
"Making this film was an honour and a privilege." - Alan Smithee
"Can we have less bad language please?" - Quentin Tarantino
"For Christ's sake, would you let the other actors finish their lines before you start talking?" - Robert Altman
"Ugh, that's disgusting, no way I'm filming that!" - David Cronenberg
"Let's try to get this whole scene in one shot." - Michael Bay
"So yeah, the rumors are true, i'm re-cutting Satantango for an American re-release, gonna throw in some jump cuts, less mud, cows and drunks, maybe toss in some go-go dancers, it'll be fabulous!" - Béla Tarr
"Actually Johnny's not gonna be in my next one." - Tim Burton
"For my next film..." - Charles Laughton
"Can we try it again without the dwarf?" - David Lynch
"I would like to thank the Academy....." - Uwe Boll
"My next film is going to concern the struggle of an honest white man in America today, and the politically correct prejudices the media holds against him for his ancestors' actions centuries ago" - Spike Lee
"Mazel tov!" - Mel Gibson
"It really does look more natural in 2D." - James Cameron
"Get rid of that damn lens flare, will ya, it's making the whole film look stupid." - J.J. Abrams
"Get me that Michael Cera kid, I need something hip on this one" - Martin Scorsese
"Great job today, Shelley." - Stanley Kubrick
"I'm thinking of ending this shot before the reel change cue." - Béla Tarr
"Somebody check the papers on these kids." - Pasolini
"I always say, put the horizon line in the middle." - John Ford
"Tracking shot? Are you out of your fucking mind? Too time consuming. Can't we just strap it to this guy's shoulders and have him run with it?" - Max Ophüls
"I told my editor, none of that gimmicky faux jump cut, suspended time rubbish. I want traditional cuts, a nice even narrative strand." - Nicholas Roeg
"Who wrote in all this flower crap? Lose the matriarchal society bullshit, in fact lose the women altogether, this is a man's film dammit." - Pedro Almodóvar
"My all time favourite movie is The Birth of a Nation" - Spike Lee
"I am sick and tired of films that do nothing but imitate 60's and 70's B movies, and then pass themselves off as 'Homages" - Quentin Tarantino
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Keep 'em coming!
