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" I grew up in the 1960s in Memphis, and my father was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union. I was born three years before Martin Luther King was killed, and I think that history of civil action was something that I had in my blood. "

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" I don't think I'd ever start making a film until I had both the intimacy with the subject and the distance to make it live in a certain way. "

Ira Sachs

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" Movies are romantic fantasies. "

" My father moved out to Park City in in the mid-'70s and lived in a Winnebago behind a hippie joint called Utah Coal & Lumber that was one of only two or three restaurants at that time. Park City was a sleepy little mining town, with not a condo in sight. "

" I started making movies in the early '90s, a few years after I discovered 'the cinema' during a three month stay in Paris during which I watched 100s of films. "

" By 1988, I was living in New York myself. "

" I always hope that people feel less alone when they see a movie that I make. That some part of the story played out on the big screen will resonate for individuals in the audience in a way that gives them comfort. "

" All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on. "

Ira Sachs

Films

Been

" Suspense films are often based on communication problems, and that affects all of the plot points. It almost gives it kind of a fable feeling. "

" What I loved about 'Goodfellas' is that it's a film about bad behavior - but told with great energy and without judgment - but it doesn't actually shy away from the consequences of that behavior in the characters' lives, which I think is similar in 'Keep the Lights On.' "

" As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work. "

" For me, every film is actually a form of documentary. "

" I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same. "

" What's interesting to me is the distinction between my old life and my present life. "

Ira Sachs

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Present

" Capturing intimacy is pretty much the only thing I'm interested in. That's what excites me and what I find beautiful in movies personally - that almost obscene sense that we shouldn't be this close to these people. I find that very inviting and meaningful as an audience member. "

Ira Sachs

Movies

People

" Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of. "

" A lot of what I think I do as a director is try to give everything over to the actor. So I disappear. "

" 'How to Survive a Plague' is history-telling at its best. It's a film I'll show my two children, now toddlers, when they are old enough to understand. It's a movie that I cannot forget. "

" I like a film that makes the audience feel like they are in the middle of life as it is moving, and in a way, they are catching up. They are thrown into things. "

" There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age. "

" All history is defined by shifting modes of reality and time and how things change. That's what I love about cinema. It changes in the moment. "

" Everyone wants to belong, and everyone needs to belong in order to make a career on some level. "

" Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself. "

" I think it's interesting: What is the generational effect of the experience of being a gay person in America? For my generation, it was very difficult. "

" As a filmmaker, you realize that places have character based on their history as much as a face does or an actor does. "

" Why do people stay in relationships that are tough from almost the very beginning? "

" I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance. "

" I've been close to two or three couples, gay and straight, who have been together for 45 years. "

" I have been very influenced by the director Maurice Pialat, who I continue to be in conversation and conflict with and get inspiration from. "

" I've been hiding crucial events in my life since I was 13. "

" Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema. "