I often find in the film world, that it's very self-referring. If you talk to someone about films, they talk about them in terms of other films - rather than as something that happened to them in their life. And I'm really keen to get back to film as a reference to real things, not necessarily to other films.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of relating films to real-life experiences rather than just referencing other films.
In this quote, Steven Knight reflects on the tendency of filmmakers and critics to discuss cinema through the lens of other films, suggesting that this approach distances the medium from genuine human experiences. He advocates for a return to storytelling that draws upon real-life events and emotions, highlighting the power of film to reflect authentic life rather than being confined by its own industry narratives.
In practice
Use this quote in a discussion about the importance of authentic storytelling in films.
Making a film is hard because you're not dealing with the intangible. When you're writing, it's perfect because it's only in your head and then you have to take it into the physical world and that's where things drop off and things fall apart and you have to fix them.
The whole process of filmmaking can be chaotic, but if you can have an enthusiastic cast, you're pretty much there.
Sun-bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue - that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man's destruction is finished.
I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.
The reviewer always has hold of the wrong horror.
I try to give to my music the spiritual quality, very deep in the soul, which does something even if you are not realizing it or analyzing it - that's the duty of the music.
Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward.
My idea of art is, you write something that makes people feel so strongly that they get some conviction about who they want to be or what they want to do. It's morally useful not in a political way, but it makes your heart bigger; it's emotionally and spiritually empowering.
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