Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme
Robert Jonathan Demmeis an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. Demme rose to prominence in the 1980s with his comedy films Melvin and Howard, Swing Shift, Something Wildand Married to the Mob. He became best known for directing The Silence of the Lambs, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director. He later directed the acclaimed films Philadelphiaand Rachel Getting Married...
unique looks film
Every film deserves its own unique look.
wells feels
I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great.
responsibility character actors
I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters.
strong real feelings
I had very strong feelings, so the chance to make a film that deals in an imaginative way with stuff you care tremendously about is a real high. It's a really amazing thing to be able to do.
film moments music-is
Music films are great, but they can never compete with a live performance. Live music is what it is. It's the whole point. You experience it in the moment.
rocks london late
I was a sort of rock journalist - whatever that is - in London in the late '60s.
song years white
I'm of Neil Young's generation. Neil Young's songs have spoken to what it's like to be at least a white male of his generation over the years. Endlessly, he's sung about the stuff that I really care about. He's put into words the feelings that hit you at different transitional moments in life.
three-things abstract trilogies
A trilogy is a pretty abstract notion. You can apply it to almost any three things.
beats performances live-performance
Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing.
mean littles documentaries
Everything I've made - it doesn't mean they've all been good - but everything I've made so far, big or little, fiction or documentary, has been something that I've been really enthusiastic about.
athlete people challenges
Extraordinary people are the Green Berets and the Navy Seals and the Olympic athletes - these are the ones who can face these extraordinary physical challenges and be triumphant.
documentaries fiction film
I love doing fiction. I love doing performance films and I love doing documentaries that don't have music. I love to shoot and I love to shoot things I'm enthusiastic about.
funny-things want documentary-films
It's a funny thing with documentary films - you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional film you want it to feel as realistic as a documentary film.
ideas interesting ease
I love the idea of documentaries. I love seeing documentaries, and I love making them. Documentaries are incredibly easy to shoot. The ease with which you can hear something's going on, somebody's going to be somewhere: That sounds so interesting. Pick up your camera and go.