David Lean quotes
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“Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience should not be conscious of technique.”
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“I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures.”
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“Good films can be made only by a crew of Dedicated Maniacs.”
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“My distinguishing talent is the ability to put people under the microscope, perhaps to go one or two layers farther down than some other directors.”
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“I've just begun to dare to think I perhaps am a bit of an artist.”
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“I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.”
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“When you're in the desert, you look into infinity.... It makes you feel terribly small, and also in a strange way, quite big.”
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“I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.”
-- David Lean
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“An artist’s job is to captivate… if we stumble into truth, we got lucky.”
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“The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.”
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“I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.”
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Source : Alan Hollinghurst (2014). “The Line of Beauty: Picador Classic”, p.73, Pan Macmillan
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