Cinema is not about format, and it's not about venue. Cinema is an approach. Cinema is a state of mind on the part of the filmmaker. I've seen commercials that have cinema in them, and I've seen Oscar-winning movies that don't. I'm fine with this.
Interpretation
Cinema transcends mere technicalities and locations; it is a mindset driven by creativity.
This quote by Steven Soderbergh emphasizes that cinema is not confined to specific formats or physical places; rather, it is a creative approach and a way of thinking that characterizes the filmmaker's vision. Soderbergh suggests that true cinema can be found in unexpected places, reflecting the idea that artistry lies in intention and expression, rather than strict adherence to conventions.
In practice
This quote can be shared at a film festival to inspire aspiring filmmakers.
If you talk to any filmmaker, and if you said to them, 'I guarantee you x amount of money per month for the rest of your life, and it's not a big amount of money, but I can also guarantee that you will work continually, you will get to make what you want to make,' any filmmaker on the planet will make that kind of deal. I would have made it.
When people say that moviegoing is dead, I go, 'OK, so the makers of 'Get Out' should've sold that movie to a platform? Then they don't have this insane, crazy success theatrically all over the world.'
I want to thank anyone who spends part of their day creating...anybody who spends part of their day sharing their experience with us-I think this world would be unlivable without art and I thank you.
Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it.
A success, to me, is the ability to keep working. That's success. It has nothing to do with money; it's the ability to keep getting things made, period.
You don't go make 'Schizopolis' if you're trying to protect some idea of yourself as a filmmaker.
As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab.
I never finished the 'Large Glass' because, after working on it for eight years, I probably got interested in something else; also, I was tired. It may be that, subconsciously, I never intended to finish it because the word 'finish' implies an acceptance of traditional methods and all the paraphernalia that accompany them.
Metaphor is not just the detection of patterns; it is the creation of patterns.
[People] want me to finish things. But I see them in such a way and paint them accordingly. ... Nothing is simpler than to complete pictures in a superficial sense. Never does one lie so cleverly as then.
Feathers shall raise men even as they do birds towards heaven :- That is by letters written with their quills.
Industry is best at the intersection of science and art.
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