If a story doesn't give you a hard-on in the first couple of scenes, throw it in the goddamned garbage.
Samuel FullerRead
A film is like a battleground. It's love, hate, action, violence, death—In one word, emotions.
Interpretation
What this quote means
A film encapsulates a range of emotions and experiences, portraying the complexities of human feelings.
Samuel Fuller compares filmmaking to a battleground, emphasizing that films evoke intense emotions such as love, hate, action, and violence. This metaphor portrays cinema as an arena where various emotions clash and harmonize, reflecting the multifaceted nature of human experiences and relationships.
Themes
FilmEmotionsBattleArtCinema
In practice
Example use cases
This quote is perfect for a discussion at a film festival highlighting the emotional depth of cinema.
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All quotes →I don't care if it's a mystery story, a Western, or the story of Julius Caesar. To me it's the emotion, the lies, the double-cross, whether it's Brutus doing it to Caesar or Bob Stack doing it to Robert Ryan that defines what kind of drama it is.
Samuel FullerRead
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