Andrew Haigh Lynne Ramsay’s ‘Ratcatcher’ blew me away when it came out. When I started making short films, I would watch that film over and over again, marvelling at how that story visually unfolded. – Andrew Haigh Blew Quotes Film Quotes Films Quotes Lynne Quotes Marvelling Quotes Ramsays Quotes Ratcatcher Quotes Short Quotes Started Quotes Story Quotes Unfolded Quotes Visually Quotes Watch Quotes My influences are all over the place. Different films have spoken to me at different times in my life, and they’ve helped create my idea of the kind of films I want to make. I love the fact that James Ivory made films about Britain, made ‘Howards End’ and ‘The Remains of the Day,’ or that Paul Thomas Anderson made ‘Phantom Thread.’ They’re about Britishness, but they’re from an American perspective. And I actually think they’re fantastic in the way that they understand Britishness.
Siegfried Sassoon Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives. – Siegfried Sassoon
Natasia Demetriou We are trying to shine a light on the infantilisation of women in the music industry. It’s in the fashion and media industries too – this idea that women are more attractive if they look like little girls. – Natasia Demetriou
Dave Morris Back in the early 1970s, what got me and another 400,000 kids out of bed without needing to be called twice was the latest issue of The Amazing Spider-Man. – Dave Morris
Humphrey Lyttelton The secret of it is to read what you’ve got in front of you. Don’t, if you suspect that something has a double meaning, don’t pause. Don’t put on a leery vocal expression if you know what I mean on radio. Don’t sort of do anything other than read it. – Humphrey Lyttelton
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