American - Director | December 30, 1966 -
If you track something like a political campaign and parcel out what's being communicated in a literal and narrative sense, and what's being communicated by means of emotional and symbolic language, you might find that it's the latter elements that absolutely dominate and move people. It makes me want to take that language and expose it.
Bennett Miller
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Every film requires a different process. You learn about these particular actors and the particular chemistry between these actors. Recognizing when you don't need to shoot a scene because it's going to be cut anyway.
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I think, when I meet a person, in general, it's not my habit to conclude anything about people. Not completely. Even people you know well constantly remain open.
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You make a movie and you'd like it to be appreciated, respected, embraced.
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I think I am missing a gene that most people have to enable them to feel happiness about success and these kind of things.
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I think I approach things with an outsider's perspective.
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I don't believe in God in the way I often see described by religion.
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For me, personally, the value of a film is not determined by a review, but the health of the film is.
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A film cannot make it into the culture without the support of critics.
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I want to work with performers who really are ready to lose their minds, you know? People who are established and have talent, but who are ready to break new ground and really be cracked open in a new way.
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People are attracted to entertainment, for sure, or jokes, excitement and romantically heightened stories that might be false, but are still attractive fantasies.
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It's great making a film and having it embraced and seen. I really enjoy that.
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