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The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film s

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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When youre a houseguest and you leave, its nice to straighten something up or send your hosts a useful gift. And when you leave the planet, its nice to have made a positive contribution. – Alexander Payne

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positive
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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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Future
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I dont feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope. – Alexander Payne

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Violent behavior exists in ones psychological makeup much deeper than the level that receives information from television or movies. – Richard King

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A film is – or should be – more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, whats behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later. – Stanley Kubrick

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Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher. – Pauline Kael

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I like to think the movies that Ive picked have something worthwhile to say. Something relevant. – Mark Ruffalo

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