American - Director | April 14, 1969 -
At least in America, the narrative is I'm a Cannes favorite. But, in fact, I've had my best experience in Venice, both with the audience and the jury.
James Gray
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The word 'operatic' is often misused to mean over the top, where someone is over-emoting. And that does a terrible disservice because 'operatic' to me means a commitment and a belief to the emotion of the moment that is sincere.
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I feel like it's a real shame that my generation doesn't make an appearance at the opera.
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Melodrama is one of the most stunning art forms. These are stories where the emotions are big, and the situations are big, and the artists believe in the situation dramatically. There's no irony or distance.
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Melodrama and melodramatic are not the same thing, and often people make the mistake of confusing the two.
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For me, I get a part of an idea here and a little bit of an idea there, and then finally it accumulates into a movie.
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I am an Ashkenazi Jew, and there are a whole host of genetic disorders that only Ashkenazi Jews have. I don't know if you know this, but 16 or 17 disorders that we carry the gene for.
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I had written 'Two Lovers' before we started shooting 'We Own the Night.'
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There's virtually nothing made up in 'The Immigrant.' So much of the film came from somewhere in my family's past. All the details are from my own family.
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The ending shot of 'Queen Christina' with Greta Garbo is amazing. She's at the head of the ship, and she's been through so much, and the camera gets so close to her face. That really sticks out for me.
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The life of a film is very strange. Once the film is done, you wish you could forget about it and move on.
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When I was quite young, I dreamed of being a painter.
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