Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Wes Anderson
La vida de los peces (2010), Matías Bize
12 Monkeys (1996), Terry Gilliam
Zamani barayé masti asbha / A Time for Drunken Horses (2000), Bahman Ghobadi
The real problem isn’t knowing whether the actor matches the character but whether he or she matches me.Claude Sautet, in Moviemakers’ Master Class
Whatever your level of preparation for a film, reality will inevitably oblige you to improvise most of your decisions on the set. (…) When confronted with all these exterior elements, the only way to make decisions is to rely on your instinct and focus on the abstract ideia that has been guiding you since the writing of the screenplay and on wich you must remain steadfast until the end of shooting. You must remain faithful to your instinct because in the end, your instinct is the only thing that justifies making one decision rather than another.Claude Sautet, in Moviemakers’ Master Class
Tarnation (2003), Jonathan Caouette
Cold Souls (2009), Sophie Barthes
If you know that you have a great script, that you cast your film right, and that you have a great cinematographer, and if when you start rehearsing on the set things work out fine, then keep quiet. Don`t mess it up. Learning to keep quiet is as important as learning what to say.Sydney Pollack, in Moviemakers’ Master Class
