On Being John Malkovich and the cinema of the absurd, I do enjoy it. I wish there were more like it. The very fact that there can't be more like it is one of the reasons it's admirable.
I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too seriously. - Carter Burwell
I prefer a life in which we don't take ourselves too seriously.
- Carter Burwell
Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste. - Carter Burwell
Any film which views the darker side of life, which is death with a sense of humor, is very much to my taste.
John Barry was my hero when I was about 13. His scores to the James Bond movies were the scores of my life back then. - Carter Burwell
John Barry was my hero when I was about 13. His scores to the James Bond movies were the scores of my life back then.
I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy. - Carter Burwell
I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.
Hopefully each film can be given a musical voice of its own, which is not to say that the instrumentation is always unique, but that the relationship… - Carter Burwell
Hopefully each film can be given a musical voice of its own, which is not to say that the instrumentation is always unique, but that the relationship…
I don't personally see my work as being dark. What interests me is a balance between light and dark. - Carter Burwell
I don't personally see my work as being dark. What interests me is a balance between light and dark.
How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me. - Carter Burwell
How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.
I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And hated them, like most people. And quit, like most people. - Carter Burwell
I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And hated them, like most people. And quit, like most people.
Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films. - Carter Burwell
Music is the subliminal connecting adhesive in film, or at least in narrative feature films.
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