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Work is my norm. I have mad e...

Work is my norm. I have mad energy, insane energy, a kind of stamina in terms of work that's a little crazy.

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

Suffice to say that the theme...

Suffice to say that the theme (the WHAT of the movie) is going to determine the style (the HOW of the movie).

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

It's art. It's commerce. It's...

It's art. It's commerce. It's heartbreaking and it's fun. It's a great way to live.

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

If I don't have a script I ad...

If I don't have a script I adore, I do one I like. If I don't have one I like, I do one that has an actor I like or that presents some technical challenge.

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

Dolby was in the driver's sea...

Dolby was in the driver's seat. "Surround Sound" was added. Now we had three speakers behind the screen, two more on the left side of the theater, and two on the right. A closely guarded secret about all this is that you hear the correct balance only if you're sitting in the center of the theater. On the left or right side, those speakers tend to dominate.

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

Over-length is one of the thi...

Over-length is one of the things that most often results in the destruction of the movie in the cutting room.

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

In drama, the characters shou...

In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters.

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

I don't know how to choose wo...

I don't know how to choose work that illuminates what my life is about. I don't know what my life is about and don't examine it. My life will define itself as I live it. The movies will define themselves as I make them. As long as the theme is something I care about at the moment, it's enough for me to start work. Maybe work itself is what my life is about.

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

There are no minor decisions ...

There are no minor decisions in movie making. Each decision will either contribute to a good piece of work or bring the whole movie crashing down around my head many months later.

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

I only said 'Titanic' is unwat...

I only said 'Titanic' is unwatchable because one can not watch it.

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

All great work is preparing yo...

All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

Don't let the difficulty of ac...

Don't let the difficulty of actually achieving a shot make you think that the shot is good.

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

Over-length is one of the thin...

Over-length is one of the things that most often results in the destruction of the movie in the cutting room.

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

Good style, to me, is unseen s...

Good style, to me, is unseen style.

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

Everything becomes creative if...

Everything becomes creative if the person doing the job is

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

Dolby was in the driver's seat...

Dolby was in the driver's seat. 'Surround Sound' was added. Now we had three speakers behind the screen, two more on the left side of the theater, and two on the right. A closely guarded secret about all this is that you hear the correct balance only if you're sitting in the center of the theater. On the left or right side, those speakers tend to dominate.

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

I don't know how to choose wor...

I don't know how to choose work that illuminates what my life is about. I don't know what my life is about and don't examine it. My life will define itself as I live it. The movies will define themselves as I make them. As long as the theme is something I care about at the moment, it's enough for me to start work. Maybe work itself is what my life is about.

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

There's no such thing as a sma...

There's no such thing as a small part. There are just small actors.

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

Suffice to say that the theme ...

Suffice to say that the theme (the WHAT of the movie) is going to determine the style (the HOW of the movie).

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

If I don't have a script I ado...

If I don't have a script I adore, I do one I like. If I don't have one I like, I do one that has an actor I like or that presents some technical challenge.

Sidney Lumet 22 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....