Cinema is a specificity of vision. It’s an approach in which everything matters. It’s the polar opposite of generic or arbitrary and the result is as unique as a signature or a fingerprint. It isn’t made by a committee, and it isn’t made by a company, and it isn’t made by the audience. It means that if this filmmaker didn’t do it, it either wouldn’t exist at all, or it wouldn’t exist in anything like this form.
Steven Soderbergh
Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Theodór Júlíusson in Volcano

Theodór Júlíusson in Volcano

Sergey Bodrov in Brother

Sergey Bodrov in Brother

data is a representation of real life. It’s not just a bucket of numbers. There are stories in that bucket. There’s meaning, truth, and beauty.
Nathan Yau in Visualize This
Jô Shishido and Anne Mari in Branded to Kill

Jô Shishido and Anne Mari in Branded to Kill

filmmakers are not court stenographers, and movies are not transcripts
Matt Singer
Erika Bók in Satantango

Erika Bók in Satantango

Matthias Schoenaerts in Bullhead

on this day of reflection I say again, thank you for going on this journey with me. I’ll see you at the movies.
A Leave of Presense - Roger Ebert’s Journal