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The making of a human likeness on film is a political act.

Allan Sekula / Photographer
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The making of a human likeness on film is a political act.

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The only objective truth that photographs offer is the assertion that somebody or something... was somewhere and took a picture.

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The photograph is an incomplete utterance, a message that depends on some external matrix of conditions and presuppositions for its readability.

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Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.

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I discover what my film is by embarking on the journey of making it.

Mike Leigh Writer

My husband. He keeps me grounded. If I were in the world on my own, it would all be much more seductive. But I'm in a relationship that has nothing to do with the film world.

Emily Watson Actress

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Whit Stillman Writer

My films are of paramount importance to me, the same as my family. That's not going to change. This is a balance I have to strike throughout my life.

Abhishek Bachchan Film Actor

I would like to sing the theme tune of a big film - something like 'Titanic'.

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