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"He’s worked on this issue all his life," says An Inconvenient Truth director Jon Shenk, speaking about Al Gore's environmental crusade. "He has suffered some defeat and yet managed to stay optimistic."
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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.
