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Don't you think it's something strange that you rarely look at yourself in the mirror, except to do things like stand and ponder? I mean, in Shakespeare's day, it was thought that the mirror would reveal something, that it is trying to tell you something - not just to tidy your hair, but something more.

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Men and women's needs and desires overlap but go in different directions as well.

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I like women in film. I like women in general, but I especially like to show them on film. They are not ciphers.

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Oscars are won with two or three shots only, because if it's really beautifully photographed, you don't really notice it until the astounding moment emphasizes it.

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Any change in form produces a fear of change, and that has accelerated. Marketing is the death of invention, because marketing deals with the familiar.

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But in marketing, the familiar is everything, and that is controlled by the studio. That is reaching its apogee now.

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Children's finger-painting came under the arts, but movies didn't.

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Fear has many faces.

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I was very glad later when I was directing that I wasn't in the hands of a cinematographer and hoping that he would do it well. I would know what he was doing, and we could discuss how that scene would look.

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Marketing is a very good thing, but it shouldn't control everything. It should be the tool, not that which dictates.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Director

Born: August 15th, 1928

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