Cinema Quality Quotes

There is nothing wrong with commercial cinema if it is made well. In fact, if you ask me, the Hindi film industry has also produced some truly outstanding works over the years.

I believe there's only good cinema and bad cinema.

Today films are made to cater to commercial markets created by multiplexes, not for those who enjoy good cinema.

Good cinema is what we can believe, and bad cinema is what we can't believe.

I'm a big fan of British cinema; I think we make some unbelievably brilliant films, but they can quite often have a dark feel.

There are only two types of cinema - good or bad.

Bollywood works as hard as regional cinema makers.

I don't think cinema is big or small. It's just good or bad.

I believe in cinema! Unfortunately, 90 per cent of Hindi cinema is non-cinema. Only marketing works here. Even the item songs in these films are an extension of marketing.

The quality of mainstream cinema has changed. A lot of independent voices feel they can leave everything behind and make independent films.

The lack of 'quality' films in Pakistan was one of the reasons why I stayed away.

The true marker of success is when the creative minds behind a film can sit down and feel that they have succeeded in the mission they set out to accomplish - and that is to make good cinema. If we feel that we have achieved that as a team, then we have all been successful.

I love challenges, and I believe that the challenge of quality cinema should not be underestimated as an important part of the Italian cultural offer.

I prefer working in good cinema, wherever it is. I like subjects that have a universal appeal.

Good cinema is what we can believe and bad cinema is what we can't believe. What you see and believe in is very much what I'm interested in.

I think any filmmaker will tell you when they wandered from theater to theater to watch their prints, it was disheartening to see the poor levels of light and the disrespect for films that existed in certain theater chains. It was always inconsistent.

I think the long-term effect of video on cinema is good in that what we are now getting up there on the screen is of superior quality. Videos are just so much more sensitive to the world.

What makes 4K so interesting is it captures lifelike cinema-quality video.

We live in an age of mediocrity. Stars today are not the same stature as Bogie [Humphrey Bogart], James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart [James Stewart].

Without the huge budgets, mainstream Bengali cinema falls flat on its face.

I am a giant proponent of giant screens. But I accept the fact that most of my movies are going to be seen on phones.

I'd rather have fewer spectacular theaters than tons of cheap little multiplexes.

Indian cinema is no more limited to audiences in India. We have viewers all around the world, and hence, understanding the global perspective is a must. Cinema Beyond Boundaries would get the viewers and the filmmakers together and would help us in serving them with good quality cinema.

I make every movie and every scene like it could be my last. That's the only way I know how to make cinema that stands on its feet. I have to treat it like that. It has to be life and death stakes.