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Jonathan Demme Quotes

Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing Picture Quote #1

It’s such a rich experience when you enter into a subject from a documentary point of view. It’s hard for fiction to compete with that Picture Quote #1

Music films are great, but they can never compete with a live performance. Live music is what it is. It’s the whole point. You experience it in the moment Picture Quote #1

I’ve never had a good game plan. At a certain point, making independent films became more and more appealing to me because I like freshness and originality Picture Quote #1

I felt from time to time that shooting live music is the most purely cinematic thing you can do. Ideally, the cinema is becoming one with the music. There is little artifice involved. There’s no acting. I love it Picture Quote #1

Extraordinary people are the Green Berets and the Navy Seals and the Olympic athletes - these are the ones who can face these extraordinary physical challenges and be triumphant Picture Quote #1

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It’s a funny thing with documentary films - you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional film you want it to feel as realistic as a documentary film Picture Quote #1

I’m of Neil Young’s generation. Neil Young’s songs have spoken to what it’s like to be at least a white male of his generation over the years. Endlessly, he’s sung about the stuff that I really care about. He’s put into words the feelings that hit you at different transitional moments in life Picture Quote #1

Documentaries - my God, there is so much going on in our country and in the world today that every time you open the newspaper or turn on the radio or watch the news on TV there is another documentary subject. We’re getting the headlines for a second, shaped by corporate delivery most of the time, but what’s really the story there? Picture Quote #1

As much as I love acoustic Neil Young - and I do deeply - I may be more passionate about the electric. Luckily it’s not a contest, and we never have to make that choice. But Neil Young on an electric guitar - I feel like I’ve never seen or heard anything like it Picture Quote #1

Maybe that’s where the new art comes in - to somehow have your eye on the marketplace and harness your art to come up with something you can be proud of creatively Picture Quote #1

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I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters Picture Quote #1

Every film deserves its own unique look Picture Quote #1

I’m guided by my enthusiasm Picture Quote #1

I love the idea of documentaries. I love seeing documentaries, and I love making them. Documentaries are incredibly easy to shoot. The ease with which you can hear something’s going on, somebody’s going to be somewhere: That sounds so interesting. Pick up your camera and go Picture Quote #1

Music films are great, but they can never compete with a live performance. Live music is what it is. It’s the whole point. You experience it in the moment Picture Quote #1

I had very strong feelings, so the chance to make a film that deals in an imaginative way with stuff you care tremendously about is a real high. It’s a really amazing thing to be able to do Picture Quote #1

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I love doing fiction. I love doing performance films and I love doing documentaries that don’t have music. I love to shoot and I love to shoot things I’m enthusiastic about Picture Quote #1

I like finding a great shot and then just staying with it for a long time, not trying to pump things up with some kind of artificial energy by cutting Picture Quote #1

I felt from time to time that shooting live music is the most purely cinematic thing you can do. Ideally, the cinema is becoming one with the music. There is little artifice involved. There’s no acting. I love it Picture Quote #1

It’s such a rich experience when you enter into a subject from a documentary point of view. It’s hard for fiction to compete with that Picture Quote #1

If you’re doing a music film, you’ve got to be singing about something Picture Quote #1

I didn’t go to film school so my learning was done out in public and showed up on the screen Picture Quote #1

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As a kid, a little kid, I loved going to the movies, and now I love making movies Picture Quote #1

A trilogy is a pretty abstract notion. You can apply it to almost any three things Picture Quote #1

I don’t think it’s sacrilegious to remake any movie, including a good or even great movie Picture Quote #1

I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you’ve worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great Picture Quote #1

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Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing (Jonathan Demme Quotes) It’s such a rich experience when you enter into a subject from a documentary point of view. It’s hard for fiction to compete with that. (Jonathan Demme Quotes) Music films are great, but they can never compete with a live performance. Live music is what it is. It’s the whole point. You experience it in the moment. (Jonathan Demme Quotes) I’ve never had a good game plan. At a certain point, making independent films became more and more appealing to me because I like freshness and originality. (Jonathan Demme Quotes) I felt from time to time that shooting live music is the most purely cinematic thing you can do. Ideally, the cinema is becoming one with the music. There is little artifice involved. There’s no acting. I love it. (Jonathan Demme Quotes) Extraordinary people are the Green Berets and the Navy Seals and the Olympic athletes - these are the ones who can face these extraordinary physical challenges and be triumphant. (Jonathan Demme Quotes) It’s a funny thing with documentary films - you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional film you want it to feel as realistic as a documentary film (Jonathan Demme Quotes) I’m of Neil Young’s generation. Neil Young’s songs have spoken to what it’s like to be at least a white male of his generation over the years. Endlessly, he’s sung about the stuff that I really care about. He’s put into words the feelings that hit you at different transitional moments in life (Jonathan Demme Quotes) Documentaries - my God, there is so much going on in our country and in the world today that every time you open the newspaper or turn on the radio or watch the news on TV there is another documentary subject. We’re getting the headlines for a second, shaped by corporate delivery most of the time, but what’s really the story there? (Jonathan Demme Quotes) As much as I love acoustic Neil Young - and I do deeply - I may be more passionate about the electric. Luckily it’s not a contest, and we never have to make that choice. But Neil Young on an electric guitar - I feel like I’ve never seen or heard anything like it (Jonathan Demme Quotes) I remember the Neil Young brand hitting me very hard immediately. He wasn’t an acquired taste. I loved him immediately (Jonathan Demme Quotes) Maybe that’s where the new art comes in - to somehow have your eye on the marketplace and harness your art to come up with something you can be proud of creatively (Jonathan Demme Quotes) I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters (Jonathan Demme Quotes) Every film deserves its own unique look (Jonathan Demme Quotes) I’m guided by my enthusiasm (Jonathan Demme Quotes) I love the idea of documentaries. I love seeing documentaries, and I love making them. Documentaries are incredibly easy to shoot. The ease with which you can hear something’s going on, somebody’s going to be somewhere: That sounds so interesting. Pick up your camera and go (Jonathan Demme Quotes) Music films are great, but they can never compete with a live performance. Live music is what it is. It’s the whole point. You experience it in the moment (Jonathan Demme Quotes) I had very strong feelings, so the chance to make a film that deals in an imaginative way with stuff you care tremendously about is a real high. It’s a really amazing thing to be able to do (Jonathan Demme Quotes) I love doing fiction. I love doing performance films and I love doing documentaries that don’t have music. I love to shoot and I love to shoot things I’m enthusiastic about (Jonathan Demme Quotes) I like finding a great shot and then just staying with it for a long time, not trying to pump things up with some kind of artificial energy by cutting (Jonathan Demme Quotes) I felt from time to time that shooting live music is the most purely cinematic thing you can do. Ideally, the cinema is becoming one with the music. There is little artifice involved. There’s no acting. I love it (Jonathan Demme Quotes) It’s such a rich experience when you enter into a subject from a documentary point of view. It’s hard for fiction to compete with that (Jonathan Demme Quotes) If you’re doing a music film, you’ve got to be singing about something (Jonathan Demme Quotes) I didn’t go to film school so my learning was done out in public and showed up on the screen (Jonathan Demme Quotes) As a kid, a little kid, I loved going to the movies, and now I love making movies (Jonathan Demme Quotes) A trilogy is a pretty abstract notion. You can apply it to almost any three things (Jonathan Demme Quotes) I don’t think it’s sacrilegious to remake any movie, including a good or even great movie (Jonathan Demme Quotes) I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you’ve worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great (Jonathan Demme Quotes)

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