Innovative Cinema Quotes

Sometimes miraculous films come into being, made by people you've never heard of, starring unknown faces, blindsiding you with creative genius.

My favourite film-maker west of the English Channel is not English - but to me doesn't seem American either - David Lynch - a curious American-European film-maker. He has - against odds - achieved what we want to achieve here. He takes great risks with a strong personal voice and adequate funds and space to exercise it. I thought Blue Velvet was a masterpiece.

I am glad that we can make bold films, different films within the commercial market and still do well.

There are some films that really break the mold, and some films that don't. I've been looking for films that break the mold a bit.

If one wants to change the way things are, one has to take risks and be part of different kinds of cinema, despite not knowing how it will be received. That's what thrills me.

The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure.

I think Dogme was inspiring for quite a few peoples and sort of started a digital movement. Personally, I found it extremely uplifting and fantastic making Dogme movies, but I felt I completed it with 'The Celebration.' I think that was the end of the road on Dogme for me. It was as far as I could go.

Had 'Dhruva' not succeeded, I don't mind calling these films experimental.

In future also, we would like to back films that can be considered slightly risky since they don't have song and dance.

Everything that goes outside the rules of Italian cinema has always been cursed.

It's a harder time to make original, less conventional movies. But God, we need them!

I genuinely try to make movies I'd want to go and see, movies that are a bit more challenging.