Wally Pfister famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Whatâ€™s really important is storytelling. None of it matters if it doesnâ€™t support the story. I thoughtÂ The AvengersÂ was an appalling film. Theyâ€™d shoot from some odd angle and Iâ€™d think, why is the camera there? Oh, I see, because they spent half a million on the set and they have to show it off. It took me completely out of the movie. I was driven bonkers by that illogical form of storytelling.
-- Wally Pfister

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What’s really important is storytelling. None of it matters if it doesn’t support the story.
-- Wally Pfister

#Thinking #Support #Important

Think it over, think it under.
Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love.
Indo-European peoples and Semitic peoples are today still completely different... Jews almost everywhere form a special society... Muslims (the Semitic spirit is today represented mainly by Islam) and the Europeans stand face to face like two beings of different species, having nothing common in the way of thinking and feeling...
I try to be as courteous as possible and sometimes try to tell my fans that as much as I appreciate their support, there are times where I need to be able to have an uninterrupted dinner or not have to take a bunch of pictures or just be able to do some of the normal things.
I know that it's probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician. This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw 'The Killing Fields,' and I've got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.
The Bush administration works closely with a network of rapid response digital brownshirts who work to pressure reporters and their editors for 'undermining support for our troops.'
Funerals are important rituals. They don't just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived.
When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
What is the most important thing you could be working on in the world right now? ... And if you're not working on that, why aren't you?
Life is more important than 'what film I do next.

Wally Pfister famous quotes

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