You know, sound was still a fairly new thing when I came into movies. And the reason musicals happened is because of sound. They could put music in the picture! That's how it all began.
Interpretation
This quote highlights the importance of sound in the evolution of film, particularly musicals.
Stanley Donen's quote reflects on the transformative impact of sound technology in the film industry, particularly emphasizing how it revolutionized the making of musicals. When sound was introduced, it allowed filmmakers to incorporate music into their storytelling, which fundamentally changed the cinematic experience and paved the way for a new genre of film that celebrated musical performances.
In practice
In a film studies class discussing the evolution of cinema and the significance of sound.
Burlesque girls were alchemists. They were steel-tough performers who were willing to use kitchens as dressing rooms, haul their costume bags through the snow, and go into debt over fake diamonds, all for the five minutes onstage when they were goddesses.
I am sometimes accused by my peers of printing my pictures too dark. All I can say is that it goes with the mood of melancholy that is induced by witnessing at close quarters such intractable situations of conflict and joylessness.
There is a movie called “Fargo” playing right now. It is a masterpiece. Go see it. If you, under any circumstances, see “Little Indian, Big City,” I will never let you read one of my reviews again.
It always gave me the creeps when I saw performers who desperately wanted the audience to like them. That's not what I'm about.
My writing is jagged and harsh, I want it to remain that way; I don't want it smoothed out.
It's into the same bag as E.T. and Yoda, wherein you're trying to create something that people will actually believe, but it's not so much a symbol of the thing, but you're trying to do the thing itself.
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