John Boorman
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John Boorman
John Boormanis an English film-maker who is best known for his feature films such as Point Blank, Hell in the Pacific, Deliverance, Zardoz, Excalibur, The Emerald Forest, Hope and Glory, The General, The Tailor of Panama, and Queen and Country. He has directed a total of 22 films and has received five Academy Award nominations...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth18 January 1933
intention shooting start trying
Before I start shooting I have all the actors know where we are going with every scene, what the intention is and where we are trying to get to.
director otherwise shape structure
I think that as a director you have to at the very least shape the script; structure it. Otherwise you're not really doing your job.
failing great life paradox wonderful
It's film as something transcendent, something redeeming, that makes his life worthwhile. It's a tremendously life-affirming film. And yet it's about not making a film. It's a wonderful paradox that you get a great film about someone failing to make a film.
suits actors range
You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor.
legends stories behavior
All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived.
black-and-white color choices
Up until the middle to late '60s, it was a choice to film in black-and-white or color. But then television became so vital to a film's finance, and television won't show black-and-white. So that killed it off, really.
black-and-white world way
The resistance to [black-and-white] is huge, in the way that you have to sell the film. It's difficult to distribute around the world.
japan numbers assistants
I was in Japan, and my assistant director had worked with Kurosawa. I used quite of number of Kurosawa's crew.