Peter Greenaway quotes - page 12

For so many filmmakers, cinema is a means to an end. (Peter Greenaway)
In a world where we can all be our own filmmakers, the old elites are disappearing and there is no desire to look at somebody else's dream anymore because you can go off and make your own. View quote
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I don't believe in the deplorable notion of realism in the cinema: you can over-reach it, and it becomes as false as convention. View quote
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I can't think of anyone who has done anything remotely useful after the age of 80. View quote
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I think my films are always quite self-reflexive and always question 'why am I doing this, is this the right way to do it, what is cinema for, does it have a purpose? View quote
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We all know that we're going to die, but we don't know when. That's not a blessing, that's a curse. View quote
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I've always been fascinated by Eisenstein. View quote
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I suppose I am gently cynical about notions of who we think we are, but I certainly don't hate my fellow man. I think my cinema, although it might often deal with death and decay, is highly celebratory. View quote
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As for the girl -- the child of a prostitute -- what of her future? A life of prostitution in a gaudy dress -- pretending to be Nell Gwynne, the Protestant whore? No -- out of her mother's earnings she will go to University and study to become an astronomer. Charles II made his mistress Nell Gwynne an honorary member of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1674. View quote
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Complicated eh? View quote
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It's a movie that bewilders some viewers and mesmerizes others. A man I met while we were exercising our dogs told me it was the greatest film he had ever seen, and one of my editors claims it's the closest any movie has ever come to photographing the inside of his mind. (Peter Greenaway)