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" We should not confuse having a Flip camera with making a documentary. "
Kevin Macdonald
Having
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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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" When we made 'Life in a Day,' we asked people around the globe to record their lives on a single ordinary day. When we were cutting that film, we talked about what it might be like if we chose a day that already had significance to people. The result is 'Christmas in a Day.' "
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" For everybody in the world, the answers to the mysteries in your life usually lie in your childhood, your upbringing, and your parents. "
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" When you're trying to make a film, you're trying to find a way to love your subject, and you want your audience to love your subject. "
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Trying
" 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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" There's something about the lack of certainty with a documentary, which is exhausting if you do three in a row. It's nerve-wracking. "
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" It's always nice to have the same people that you are familiar with and shorthand with, obviously, to be around you. "
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" I always loved digging away at the story, trying to find out things that people don't want you to find out and piecing it all together. I love the treasure hunt aspect of it, the thrill of the chase. "
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" The Internet has meant that advertising has migrated; there are hardly any classifieds in newspapers any more because they're all online. If people have a car to sell, for example, they sell it online; they don't go to the newspaper. "
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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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You
" My grandfather died before I started making films, but I definitely learnt this from him: believe in your own judgment and stick to your guns - 99% of the time, you'll be glad you did. "
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Own
" Everyone's got to make one submarine drama in their life. "
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" The interesting thing to me is that somehow the future of movies will become a more social thing... I think that people will see them communally and will be talking about them as they're watching them, in a way, and immediately after watching them, and they'll all become the conversation. I think that's pretty interesting. "
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Me
" When you see how people in the developing world react and how they use a camera, you realise how narcissistic we are and how the filming of ourselves and thinking that we're interesting enough to care about is odd. "
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Camera
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" It's nice to stretch in different directions and use different muscles. You can get swallowed into Hollywood, where it's all about bums on seats and how commercial a film is. "
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" I started as a documentary maker, and they're my first love. "
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Maker
First
Love
" 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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Extraordinary
Think
People
" Young people read their news online; they expect to get their news for free. "
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News
Get
Expect
" Put someone on a horse looking cold and wet, and they don't have to act. They just are cold and wet. "
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Just
Horse
Looking
" The tradition has always been that in Roman films, the Romans are always British, and it's usually posh British: Laurence Olivier and his ilk. My take on all this was that it's a metaphor for empire and the end of empire. "
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" Elvis Presley's estate is making 30 million a year, and they say that Marley shouldn't be, but he is from a much poorer part of the world, and a lot more people need the money. "
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" There were many times during the filming of 'Touching the Void' when I wondered why I had ever thought I wanted to make this film. "
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" If there's a principle really worth sticking up for, I'll go the whole way. "
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" In my early career as a documentarian, I suppose I was trying to make films which - where it was all about making a big cinematic statement, and I think with 'Marley,' I slightly changed my direction and adopted a more mellow approach. "
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Early
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" I think my brother always wanted to be a film producer. "
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Brother
Film
" I don't think of myself particularly as a Scottish director, but you are what you are because the first ten years of your life, and where you spend them, brand you. In that sense, I'll always be a Scottish director. "
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Always
You
" The first documentary I saw that tried to show the actual experience of being a soldier in combat was 'The Anderson Platoon,' by French director Pierre Schoendoerffer, which won the Oscar for best documentary in 1967. "
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Experience
Best
Director
" 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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Great
Kind
" You can relate to someone with a flaw. "
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Relate
" No man, no woman is without their flaws. "
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