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Marketing has supplanted story as the primary force behind the wor

Marketing has supplanted story as the primary force behind the worthiness of making a film, and thats a very sad thing. Its film only as a function of consumerism rather than as an important component of our culture, and thats everywhere around the world. – Alexander Payne

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The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. Thats why so many bad novels can become good movies, like Jaws or The Godfather. – Alexander Payne

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Alexander Payne
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Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and its up to us to try to change it… I feel like a preacher! But its really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally. – Alexander Payne

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The delta blues is a low-down, dirty shame blues. Its a sad, big wide sound, something to make you think about people who are dead or the women who left you. – David Edwards

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I have had stalkers over the years. The police deal with it but it is very scary. One man kept turning up where we filmed Countdown in Leeds, which was scary. It was sad as hed been sectioned and thought I was talking to him through the TV. – Carol Vorderman

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Once I was checking to hotel and a couple saw my ring with Blues on it. They said, You play blues. That music is so sad. I gave them tickets to the show, and they came up afterwards and said, You didnt play one sad song. – Buddy Guy

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If I dont make it, Ill be very sad that there are things I didnt do, but Im happy that Ive done what I have. – Stephen Jay Gould

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