I think the perspective that small-town directors bring to films is very different.
Anurag Kashyap
I want my films to be seen everywhere.
Studios never put pressure. They know the kind of films I want to make.
The censor boards are mere redundant forces conspiring to keep the 'bold' films out of reach of the audience.
To get noticed, I had to take my films in a space which was much more democratic in terms of cinema - the international film festivals.
Hood films now are made by studios and have nothing to do with the reality they supposedly represent.
Mathieu Kassovitz
I'm not a politician; I'm lucky to be a filmmaker and to be able to express myself through the films I make.
My roommate at Yale University introduced me to the auteur theory of filmmaking. I soon became a big fan of the works of John Ford, Kenji Mizoguchi... →
Lloyd Kaufman
But you know, there's always a danger nowadays that films are gonna be brought up to Canada for budget reasons. And that's something that... →
Philip Kaufman
Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go into adult relationships. I think there's a huge audience in America for those kinds of... →