James Gray
James Gray
english few movies obsession romantic
There are very few movies in English about romantic obsession told with a seriousness of purpose.
directed hopefully larger narrative
The actor always must be in the scene, not above the scene. To communicate any larger ideas is my problem; it's how the narrative is constructed and directed that hopefully does it.
burned gets home leave
All I can say is sometimes home gets burned into your occipital lobe, and it can't leave you, and there's always that longing.
concept filmmakers property studio system work
The system is not really particularly amenable to filmmakers who write and direct their own work. It's much more about the studio already having a property that has a marketable concept and then hiring the director on board.
arrived ellis people worst
At Ellis Island, I mean, you didn't go there if you arrived in first class. It was only the poorest, the people in the worst shape.
comedies romantic
Americans have always been excellent at making romantic comedies - but dramatically, we don't really try to do it.
director distance lack mood
What a director really does is set the emotional temperature and the mood and the level, amount, or lack of, distance between the action and the character, and the character and the audience.
happen watching
Wait, this could really happen to me. There's no one watching out for us.
across create director environment given moments truth within
What I do have to get across is the truth of the moment within the given scene. It's my job, as a director and screenwriter, to create the environment in which all those moments will come together eventually.