There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.
Interpretation
Filmmaking lacks strict rules; instead, it is guided by creative principles, with dullness being the greatest failure.
Frank Capra emphasizes that filmmaking is an art form that thrives on creativity rather than rigid guidelines. In this realm, being unoriginal or boring is seen as the ultimate misstep, suggesting that filmmakers should strive for innovation and engagement to captivate their audiences.
In practice
This quote could be used during a film school lecture to inspire students to embrace creativity.
Someone should keep reminding Mr. Average Man that he was born free, divine, strong; uncrushable by fate, society, or hell itself; and that he is a child of God, equal heir to all the bounties of God; and that goodness is riches, kindness is power, and freedom is glory. Above all, every man is born with an inner capacity to take him as far as his imagination can dream or envision-providing he is free to dream and envision.
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In these days of wars and rumors of wars - haven't you ever dreamed of a place where there was peace and security, where living was not a struggle but a lasting delight?
The Oscar is the most valuable, but least expensive, item of world-wide public relations ever invented by any industry.
My Advice to Young Filmmakers is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them!
My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them!
My photographs are proof of what happened. When I go to Russia, sometimes I meet ex-soldiers... They say, 'We came to liberate you....' I say: 'Listen, I think it was quite different. I saw people being killed.' They say: 'No. We never... no shooting. No. No.' So I can show them my Prague 1968 photographs and say, 'Listen, these are my pictures. I was there.' And they have to believe me.
So here I stand before you preaching organic architecture: declaring organic architecture to be the modern ideal and the teaching so much needed if we are to see the whole of life, and to now serve the whole of life, holding no traditions essential to the great TRADITION. Nor cherishing any preconceived form fixing upon us either past, present or future, but-instead-exalting the simple laws of common sense-or of super-sense if you prefer-determining form by way of the nature of materials.
People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman artist, you're still not getting as much - there's still definitely that happening. I'm still really competitive when it comes to, I guess, the male painters and male artists. I still think that's really unfair.
With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a twist.
All intervening steps, scribbles, sketches, drawings, failed work models, studies thoughts, conversations, are of interest. Those that show the thought process of the artist are sometimes more interesting than the final product
I will take the sun in my mouth and leap into the ripe air Alive with closed eyes to dash against darkness
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