“Dressed in white, as though he needed further deifying, he sits in front of you, waiting for your first question. You blurt out astonishment that he’s worked on more than 1,000 films, more than 7,000 songs, and more than 20,000 concerts. It’s astronomical, and it’s almost frightening. “
Category: Conversations
The Joe Russo interview
“It helps that despite his sociopathic tendencies, there are altruistic motivations attached to Thanos’ goal. He has this monastic dedication to achieving it.”
A new dawn: Roundtable conversation with five debutant directors
“We have to understand that the roots of these problems are firmly within our education system, which is designed to create corporate slaves. The trailer of a star’s next film has accummulated views by the million, and we really have to begin asking what we get out of such films. How can we change our taste, our appreciation of cinema? How can we stop making deities out of actors?”
A slave of art: The Vijay Sethupathi interview
“If I fail, I become a bad, frightening example for this road. They will point at this route and say, “That’s where Vijay Sethupathi died.” For this reason, I must not fail. My success is important.”
Not rankled anymore if I don’t have a film with a star: Samantha Akkineni
“I can summon tears at will. With due respect to method actors, I think truth comes out of spontaneity.”
