Grips and electricians have done more to help me shoot good movies than any other craft.
The thing about film is that your eye is selective. Film isn't. You have to make film do what you want. Simply photographing something doesn't do it.… - Gordon Willis
The thing about film is that your eye is selective. Film isn't. You have to make film do what you want. Simply photographing something doesn't do it.…
- Gordon Willis
Don't get simple mixed up with simplistic. - Gordon Willis
Don't get simple mixed up with simplistic.
I don't really like directing. I've had a good relationship with actors, but I can do what I do and back off. I don't want that much romancing. I don… - Gordon Willis
I don't really like directing. I've had a good relationship with actors, but I can do what I do and back off. I don't want that much romancing. I don…
Good films are not made by accident, nor is good photography. You can have good things happen, on occasion, by accident that can be applied at that m… - Gordon Willis
Good films are not made by accident, nor is good photography. You can have good things happen, on occasion, by accident that can be applied at that m…
Zooms are lazy closeups. And too many people hang their hats on video assist; it's a way to avoid too much. Video assist helps people dissociate from… - Gordon Willis
Zooms are lazy closeups. And too many people hang their hats on video assist; it's a way to avoid too much. Video assist helps people dissociate from…
I'm a great believer in relativity when making movies. Relativity, in my mind, meaning "Light to dark, big to small, good to bad." You visually embra… - Gordon Willis
I'm a great believer in relativity when making movies. Relativity, in my mind, meaning "Light to dark, big to small, good to bad." You visually embra…
I hate when somebody says, "This may not work." You'll never get anywhere with that. I've pushed a lot of people out of my way - I don't mean physica… - Gordon Willis
I hate when somebody says, "This may not work." You'll never get anywhere with that. I've pushed a lot of people out of my way - I don't mean physica…
The lack of perfection, that's the hardest quality of all, because you're fighting your instincts. You're trained to want to do things perfectly. - Gordon Willis
The lack of perfection, that's the hardest quality of all, because you're fighting your instincts. You're trained to want to do things perfectly.
Grips and electricians have done more to help me shoot good movies than any other craft. - Gordon Willis
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