I'm very interested in clans and the way people group together, and there's a lot of group shots. There's a lot of people in positions that people feel like they're in attack mode, kind of pointed at each other in the frame. I'm not a big fan of shooting something that looks like it could belong in any movie, I'm not a fan of okay, "wide shot, wide shot, medium shot, close-up, close-up, we'll figure it out in post." I hate that.
Sometimes identity can be your salvation. It can be liberating to find your place in the world, but at some point, identity can hold you back. - Justin Simien
Sometimes identity can be your salvation. It can be liberating to find your place in the world, but at some point, identity can hold you back.
- Justin Simien
This film isn't about "white racism", or racism at all. DEAR WHITE PEOPLE is about identity. It's about the difference between how the mass culture r… - Justin Simien
This film isn't about "white racism", or racism at all. DEAR WHITE PEOPLE is about identity. It's about the difference between how the mass culture r…
As a director, I try not to implement a way for working, for every single actor, across the board. I try to work with each one, on an individual basi… - Justin Simien
As a director, I try not to implement a way for working, for every single actor, across the board. I try to work with each one, on an individual basi…
America is a different country, and it will forever be a different country, after the election of Donald Trump. - Justin Simien
America is a different country, and it will forever be a different country, after the election of Donald Trump.
I love being entertained sure, but the movies that I live for, the movies that I buy and think about and stay in my mind are the movies that entertai… - Justin Simien
I love being entertained sure, but the movies that I live for, the movies that I buy and think about and stay in my mind are the movies that entertai…
I love films from all these different points of views that used the idea of the school as a way to talk about the American experience. It took me a w… - Justin Simien
I love films from all these different points of views that used the idea of the school as a way to talk about the American experience. It took me a w…
I am more than a black guy. I am a person, I'm storyteller, I'm a son, I'm a friend, so I am all those things so it is frustrating to a degree to be … - Justin Simien
I am more than a black guy. I am a person, I'm storyteller, I'm a son, I'm a friend, so I am all those things so it is frustrating to a degree to be …
It is frustrating having to walk through America having to bob and weave people's impressions of me because they see a tall, black guy walking down t… - Justin Simien
It is frustrating having to walk through America having to bob and weave people's impressions of me because they see a tall, black guy walking down t…
I love when scenes are intentionally and meticulously planned so we feel like this is a handcrafted scene that only works in this moment and this mov… - Justin Simien
I love when scenes are intentionally and meticulously planned so we feel like this is a handcrafted scene that only works in this moment and this mov…
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