Quotes by Bille August - Page 1

The novel is a penetrating study of morals and ethics.
Bille August / Film Director
Ethics
Moral
Study
Morals
Penetrating
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From the beginning, we were prepared, we know how we would shoot and cut the two versions.
Bille August / Film Director
Prepared
Versions
Cut
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He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film.
Bille August / Film Director
Theatrical
Alexander
Amputated
Version
Considers
Fanny
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I was mostly interested in it as a theatrical film. Personally, I am not so interested in television, simply because I don't watch television myself. I'm into movies.
Bille August / Film Director
Television
Theatrical
Movies Myself I Am
Mostly
Personally
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It was actually Peter's idea that I should make the film. He called me in the very beginning, and I hadn't even read the book. So I read it and I liked it very much and I knew I'd certainly like to do it.
Bille August / Film Director
Peter
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I spent almost 3 months with Bergman, four hours every afternoon. We sat and went through the whole script. To be honest, most of the time we talked about life and other different things. It was really a wonderful time.
Bille August / Film Director
Afternoon
Bergman
Different Things
Sat
Life Time Things
Script
Talked
To Be Honest
Wonderful Time
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She is also brought to a point of zero in the beginning of the story, and I think you can say that about a lot of my films in that they are often about people who are brought to the point of zero in the beginning of the film.
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Zero
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It was a major dream come true at last. In many respects, Jerusalem is a very modern and important story about people in a period of transition, with all the unrest that permeates society on the eve of a new century. The big life issues are at stake.
Bille August / Film Director
Dream
Issues
Jerusalem
People
Unrest
Life Society People
Period
Eve
Many Respects
Respects
Stake
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I wanted to make Jerusalem as feature film. But we couldn't finance it only through theatrical release, we couldn't get all the money we needed. We had to get some money from television. So we said, ok, let's do it both ways. So we did it in four parts.
Bille August / Film Director
Finance
Four
Jerusalem
Release
Television
Theatrical
Both Ways
Feature
Feature Film
Parts
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The big difference is the size of the crew and the flexibility of shooting because of the size. I mean, it's crazy. So you can't improvise, you cannot suddenly do something that comes to mind, whereas in a small production you have much more flexibility.
Bille August / Film Director
Crazy
Crew
Differences
Flexibility
Mean
Shooting
Size
Big Difference
Improvise
Suddenly
Whereas
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We talked a lot about The Best Intentions and how we could shoot certain scenes in different ways with slightly different bits of dialogue and information, so that later on, we could cut the piece more easily and it would still feel complete, even though it was shorter.
Bille August / Film Director
Best Intentions
Bits
Dialogue
Different Ways
Complete
Easily
Cut
Intentions
Piece
Talked
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