It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and read more

It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and the following quarter-century warning that they'll be lucky to make it through the weekend. Possibly now we are now entering a third era in which the movies will be sounding a note of cautious optimism: You know it just might work.

I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.

I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives read more

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.

Now I know I've got a heart, because it's breaking.

Now I know I've got a heart, because it's breaking.

If I find a film dull, I find it infinitely more entertaining to watch the scratches.

If I find a film dull, I find it infinitely more entertaining to watch the scratches.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.

In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director.

So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.

A film is a petrified fountain of thought.