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Stephen Hunter Quotes

Shall We Dance?’ takes a small, exquisite Japanese movie and turns it into a big, stupid American movie. Still, it must be said that as glossy and overproduced as the thing is, it’s a good big, stupid American movie Picture Quote #1

Considered purely as effects-driven filmed drama, ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ checks in somewhere in the middle of one of Hollywood’s most absurd and least lamented dead genres, the disaster pic of the 70s. It’s a little better than ‘Earthquake’ but not as good as ‘The Towering Inferno,’ because it doesn’t star Steve McQueen and Paul Newman Picture Quote #1

The new book is a result of my well-documented... absorption in Samurai movie culture. It’s called ‘The 47th Samurai: A Bob Lee Swagger novel,’ and it takes Bob to Japan in search of the sword his father recovered on Iwo that has gone missing under extremely violent circumstances Picture Quote #1

The horror movie will not go away. Look at the change in the Hollywood landscape as a signifier of its durability. At one point it was just one of many styles of films called ‘product’ that between, say, 1930 and 1970, the movie city ground out like sausages or hula hoops at a rate of four or five a week Picture Quote #1

I love food. I’m a complete foodie. I love to cook. I find it very hard to say no to food. I get grumpy if I don’t get food Picture Quote #1

By my count, of the more than 600 English-language World War II movies made since 1940, only four have even acknowledged the humanity of the soldiers of Nippon. There may be a few I’ve missed, but not many Picture Quote #1

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Among our many crimes as an imperialistic exploiter of other nations’ cultures, stealing their movies ranks lower than selling them cigarettes but higher than killing their game. If you’ve seen big stupid American versions of France’s ‘Three Men and a Cradle’ or, recently, Japan’s ‘Shall We Dance?,’ you can only mutter: ‘Guilty, guilty, guilty.’ Picture Quote #1

The director of ‘Independence Day,’ ‘Godzilla’ and ‘The Patriot’ has certain attributes, all of which are given full vent in ‘The Day After Tomorrow.’ He’s crude, stupid, slick, cornball, predictable, laughable, relentless, trivial and, the sum of all these, ridiculous. He’s never made a movie you could believe and he still hasn’t Picture Quote #1

I suppose I was formed by too many movies and too much television. At some point I absorbed the dramatic formula Picture Quote #1

I grew up in the suburbs among highly educated people, in a house crammed with books. It was a culture rich in ideas, stimulation, entertainment, and mental activity, all helpful to the nurture of an imaginative child who wanted from an early age to be a writer Picture Quote #1

I’m not an expert or a trained ballistician. But it is a subject I’ve studied intently for 50 years, so I may know a thing or two. In my opinion, the JFK investigation was poorly handled Picture Quote #1

In ‘Beowulf,’ director Robert Zemeckis uses a technique called ‘motion capture’ to conjure fantastical things, angles into action and sweeping vistas to stun your eyes and take your breath away. But what he hasn’t mastered and what the technique can’t do is this: emotion capture Picture Quote #1

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But you can still find good films if you read your local film critics and are willing to drive a bit. You have to be a proactive film viewer to have the most provocative cinema life Picture Quote #1

Now, I am about to be nailed as the man who disliked ‘Howl’s Moving Castle.’ Lord, give me strength! Also, IT, please disconnect the e-mail thing Picture Quote #1

I have never connected with ‘Gone With the Wind.’ ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ leaves me cold Picture Quote #1

Within an ensemble, like in sports, if you do your little job, it makes everybody look good Picture Quote #1

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Shall We Dance?’ takes a small, exquisite Japanese movie and turns it into a big, stupid American movie. Still, it must be said that as glossy and overproduced as the thing is, it’s a good big, stupid American movie. (Stephen Hunter Quotes) Considered purely as effects-driven filmed drama, ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ checks in somewhere in the middle of one of Hollywood’s most absurd and least lamented dead genres, the disaster pic of the 70s. It’s a little better than ‘Earthquake’ but not as good as ‘The Towering Inferno,’ because it doesn’t star Steve McQueen and Paul Newman. (Stephen Hunter Quotes) The new book is a result of my well-documented... absorption in Samurai movie culture. It’s called ‘The 47th Samurai: A Bob Lee Swagger novel,’ and it takes Bob to Japan in search of the sword his father recovered on Iwo that has gone missing under extremely violent circumstances. (Stephen Hunter Quotes) The horror movie will not go away. Look at the change in the Hollywood landscape as a signifier of its durability. At one point it was just one of many styles of films called ‘product’ that between, say, 1930 and 1970, the movie city ground out like sausages or hula hoops at a rate of four or five a week. (Stephen Hunter Quotes) I love food. I’m a complete foodie. I love to cook. I find it very hard to say no to food. I get grumpy if I don’t get food. (Stephen Hunter Quotes) By my count, of the more than 600 English-language World War II movies made since 1940, only four have even acknowledged the humanity of the soldiers of Nippon. There may be a few I’ve missed, but not many. (Stephen Hunter Quotes) Among our many crimes as an imperialistic exploiter of other nations’ cultures, stealing their movies ranks lower than selling them cigarettes but higher than killing their game. If you’ve seen big stupid American versions of France’s ‘Three Men and a Cradle’ or, recently, Japan’s ‘Shall We Dance?,’ you can only mutter: ‘Guilty, guilty, guilty.’ (Stephen Hunter Quotes) The director of ‘Independence Day,’ ‘Godzilla’ and ‘The Patriot’ has certain attributes, all of which are given full vent in ‘The Day After Tomorrow.’ He’s crude, stupid, slick, cornball, predictable, laughable, relentless, trivial and, the sum of all these, ridiculous. He’s never made a movie you could believe and he still hasn’t. (Stephen Hunter Quotes) I suppose I was formed by too many movies and too much television. At some point I absorbed the dramatic formula. (Stephen Hunter Quotes) I grew up in the suburbs among highly educated people, in a house crammed with books. It was a culture rich in ideas, stimulation, entertainment, and mental activity, all helpful to the nurture of an imaginative child who wanted from an early age to be a writer. (Stephen Hunter Quotes) I’m not an expert or a trained ballistician. But it is a subject I’ve studied intently for 50 years, so I may know a thing or two. In my opinion, the JFK investigation was poorly handled. (Stephen Hunter Quotes) In ‘Beowulf,’ director Robert Zemeckis uses a technique called ‘motion capture’ to conjure fantastical things, angles into action and sweeping vistas to stun your eyes and take your breath away. But what he hasn’t mastered and what the technique can’t do is this: emotion capture. (Stephen Hunter Quotes) But you can still find good films if you read your local film critics and are willing to drive a bit. You have to be a proactive film viewer to have the most provocative cinema life. (Stephen Hunter Quotes) Now, I am about to be nailed as the man who disliked ‘Howl’s Moving Castle.’ Lord, give me strength! Also, IT, please disconnect the e-mail thing. (Stephen Hunter Quotes) I have never connected with ‘Gone With the Wind.’ ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ leaves me cold. (Stephen Hunter Quotes) Within an ensemble, like in sports, if you do your little job, it makes everybody look good (Stephen Hunter Quotes)