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"Politicians now sit back while young people go off to fight wars," says director Jonathan Teplitzky, talking about Churchill's voluntary service in WWI.
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"I just thought it was the wildest story about a story that I ever heard," filmmaker Jeff Feuerzeig says about the JT Leroy "hoax" debate at the center of his latest documentary. "That’s why I chose to tell it."
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"Filmmaking affords me the ability to go into different worlds," says writer-director Joshua Marston. In his latest film, Complete Unknown, Rachel Weisz plays a social chameleon who regularly immerses herself in different worlds.
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"For me, there’s a lot of fakery in this business so to know that I’m putting out something real is very, very gratifying for me," says paranormal filmmaker Chad Calek.
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"They’re cute but they’re mentally deficient," says director Todd Solondz about working with dachshunds for his most recent film. "It’s a sad state of affairs."
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"When we were kids, we didn’t know that remaking a 20-million-dollar-movie on your allowance wasn’t very realistic," says Eric Zala about his attempt (with Chris Strompolos) to recreate Raiders of the Lost Ark shot by shot back...
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"It’s rare that there is so much applause for music during a music film," says WHAT'S GOING ON – TASTE LIVE AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL director Murray Lerner.
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"This machine didn’t do what it was supposed to do in a beautiful way," '808' producer Alex Noyer says about the Roland TR-808 Drum Machine that changed the course of music history.
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"Having the opportunity to work with him as my editor and follow him as a filmmaker is a unique experience," says Rolling Papers' producer Katie Shapiro about Denver Post marijuana editor Ricardo Baca.
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"Weirdly, the more you’re in a relationship, the harder it can be to talk about certain things because you have more to risk," says writer-director Andrew Haigh, talking about the secrets people keep from one another, a theme a...
