Mark Boal quotes
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“So to be standing here, this was really, truly, honestly never part of anything we even imagined in our wildest dreams.”
-- Mark BoalSource : Mark Boal's Academy Awards Acceptance Speech, aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. March 7, 2010.
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“I had an eye-opening experience in Baghdad at the end of 2004 and I thought that the story of these guys who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world would be an interesting way to look at the war in a broader sense.”
-- Mark BoalSource : "'Uber-Bingo,' other memorable Oscar quotes" by The Associated Press, www.today.com. March 8, 2010.
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“I actually think every war movie is an antiwar movie in its own way - with the exception of some of the propaganda movies.”
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“For weeks after 9/11 you could smell the dust and pulverised concrete in New York, and the National Guard came in, so there was a military presence on the streets. It was intense. Overwhelming. Heartbreaking.”
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“The fact is that war films, by their very nature, are pitched at a high dramatic range.”
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“I write on a computer, on a laptop or whatever.”
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“For better or worse, most of my writing life has been about people that work behind the scenes. I'm interested in finding extraordinary moments in otherwise normal people.”
-- Mark BoalSource : Source: deadline.com
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“Ever since 9/11, I found myself interested in chronicling the war and the war on terror and the way that this giant machinery was affecting individuals.”
-- Mark BoalSource : Source: deadline.com
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“You're trying to dramatize events to tell a story most effectively. That doesn't mean the events aren't true, it just means you're making them as dramatic as you possibly can.”
-- Mark BoalSource : Source: deadline.com
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“I think as a filmmaker you try not to have any expectations other than that the film have a fairly substantial beginning, middle and end.”
-- Mark Boal
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