John Boorman Quotes

Celluloid will be the next decade's black and white.

It's near impossible to make a movie in black and white in the system.

Well, as far as film, either you're making a film or you're making videos. Digital capture is always trying to emulate the range and look of film. I believe personally that film has more.

You gotta understand, when moving images first started, people wanted sound, color, big screen and depth.

I like making black and white films in natural surroundings, but I much prefer shooting a color film inside a studio where the colors are easier to control.

I remember being on a black-and-white set all day and then going out into daylight and being amazed by the colour.

For the last 10 years, I've felt increasing pressure to stop shooting film and start shooting video, but I've never understood why. It's cheaper to work on film, it's far better looking, it's the technology that's been known and understood for a hundred years, and it's extremely reliable.

The irony is that you can't use real rain to make movies.

Films like 'Bond' fund training schemes for film technicians of the future, and working on films themselves provides a great training ground for budding directors and cinematographers. If there's no money there for films to be made, it's like a house of cards, it all comes tumbling down.

That's one of the best things about the RED ONE - I can use all the best lenses that have been used in film forever.

I think to do a proper independent movie, in my experience, it takes 22 or 23 days to shoot. That was 'Party Girl' or 'House of Yes.' But now with the digital camera, the budgets have gotten smaller, and the days have gotten shorter.

I'm usually known for films that look beautiful and attractive, probably because I am a cinematographer too.

Most movies are too brightly lit. I think that may come from a lot of directors having watched too much TV.

What is a commercial film? I think every film is commercial, as every film makes money.

Film is a machine: you never stop.

Arachnophobia' was one of the first films I did major effects for.

Media is the first important portion of any cinema industry.

I want to be able to make a movie.

I love every aspect of the creation of motion pictures and I guess I am committed to it for life.

Film is lies at twenty-four frames a second.

We mystify the art of moviemaking, but it's not amystical science. You take a good screenplay, put a group togetherand you hammer it out.

It's so many different elements to a film. Just learning the ins and outs and how the machine works.

The process of making films is so technically demanding that it's a distraction. You don't spend your time thinking about the philosophical content, which is often very depressing.

There are people in the world who won't watch a movie that's in black and white. There's got to be a special place in hell for them.

The resistance to black-and-white is huge, in the way that you have to sell the film. It's difficult to distribute around the world.