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" In film, I believe things should either be documentary or drama. "
Kevin Macdonald
Drama
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Film
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" I suppose that the Western has always been a kind of mold to which you could pour the concerns of the day, but have them seen in the simple terms of the Western, of one alley or whatever. "
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" I'm not particularly ethnically Scottish; I have one grandfather who is Scottish, although he's called Macdonald, and you don't get a lot more Scottish than that. The Scottish part of my family are from Skye, and I've always been very aware of that - always been very attracted to Scottish subject matter, I guess. "
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" In war films, even more than in other kinds of documentary, we've come to think that shaky, poor-quality footage is somehow more authentic than something classically 'well shot.' "
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" As a filmmaker, I'm interminably curious and nosy, but certain times you meet people and think, 'I don't want to push you too hard because I can see this is painful for you.' "
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" For me, the aim of making any film like this, any film about an artist, would be to send you back to the art. "
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" What got me into making movies was that I wanted to be a journalist. "
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" Most people in Uganda have something good to say about Amin - 'He was funny; he gave us pride to be African.' "
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" When you look at almost every submarine movie, to some degree or another, there's this 'Moby Dick' element, this Ahab element to them. "
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" The thing with newspapers is that they are a filter. We're relying on the editors of that paper to be a filter and to tell you that this is worth reading about, this is quality, and this is quite reliable. "
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" I was fascinated by making a submarine movie, inspired by the Kursk disaster. This idea of being trapped down at the bottom of the sea seemed so terrifying. I was very interested in making a sub film which wasn't a military film. You think, Well, why are they there, then, if they're not in the military? Oh, well, they must be looking for treasure. "
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" If you can understand, you can feel compassion. "
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" I think we're all greedy. Who do you know who says, 'I have enough! I don't need any more!'? It's part of human nature. "
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" If you go to pretty much everywhere in the developing world, you will find Bob Marley murals, and you'll find people playing his music. "
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World
You
Will
" It's interesting to me that the Arab Spring started in Tunisia, and in the marches, people were singing 'Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights.' "
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Singing
Me
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" I find it really difficult when you make a movie where it is set in Russia and everyone speaks in English. It drives me crazy. "
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" I was a teenager in the '80s, and I was always a bit dismissive of Houston, as I think a lot of people who considered themselves 'cool music fans' were. She was poppy, bubble gum, making music not considered very cool. But you can't help but dance to some of those songs or feel emotionally affected by 'I Will Always Love You.' "
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Think
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" The great thing about making a film on a submarine is that it's kind of like making a play. You've got this limited environment. "
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Environment
Great
Kind
" Documentary makers use other people's lives as their raw material, and that is morally indefensible. "
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Raw
Other
People
" You can relate to someone with a flaw. "
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Someone
Relate
" It feels like we're all so familiar now with the traditional three-act structure that, actually, stories that are more complex, more naughty, that allow for disagreement and discussion, are more interesting to us. "
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" Coming from documentaries, my biggest challenge was to understand actors' psychologies. American actors take it all very seriously; British actors don't enter into all this methody way of doing things. "
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" I'm not doing any more music films! "
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" People think that the Italians invented neorealism, but actually, Humphrey Jennings did. He was revolutionary in using non-professional actors in his films, and he got extraordinary performances out of them. "
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" The things that are hardest to shoot are the things where you want people just to feel very natural, and you want to do love scenes, and you want to do just kids hanging out and trying to get them to relax. "
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" It is hard to find the soul of Mick Jagger. It is very hidden. I think his true personality has receded so far behind the facade that he can no longer find the real person himself. "
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" I suppose that I'm easily bored. "
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Suppose
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" Every film that is made about the past is always a reflection of the present. "
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" We should not confuse having a Flip camera with making a documentary. "
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" We're all fascinated by the way other people live their lives, how they cope with hardship and triumph, what they put in their home movies and family albums. "
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" The only obligation you have as a film-maker is to tell your version of the truth and to use your film to illuminate reality. Whatever that means. "
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