Barry Jenkins Film is not an amazing medium to relay interiority. I think literature is much better for that. – Barry Jenkins Amazing Quotes Film Quotes Interiority Quotes Literature Quotes Medium Quotes Relay Quotes It’s interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of ‘Moonlight,’ and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it’s become a commentary on the black experience in America. I worked for Oprah Winfrey for two years right out of college in 2004. I was a director’s assistant on the film ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God,’ which Oprah produced.
Peter Weir Silent films were, I think, more different than we know to sound films. We think of it as simply that we added dialogue and in actual fact I think it was an entirely different art form. – Peter Weir
IndependenceSimon Sebag Montefiore As a teenager, I had a weakness for freedom fighters. When Mugabe came to London to negotiate independence, I vanished from home to stand outside his hotel. I was very disappointed that he looked like a dorky teacher. – Simon Sebag Montefiore
Errol Morris My stuff always starts with interviews. I start interviewing people, and then slowly but surely, a movie insinuates itself. – Errol Morris
Boyan Slat Whenever you start working on something, you have to go about it with the underlying assumption that this puzzle has a solution, right? If you started a jigsaw puzzle not knowing whether all the pieces were in the box, it would not be a fun exercise. – Boyan Slat
Laphonza Butler My life has always been an example for women and girls and their economic empowerment and I want to continue that. – Laphonza Butler
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