It's kind of the filmmaker's job to use visual, cinematic language in a way possible to tell a story that reaches and touches as many people as possible.
Interpretation
Filmmakers should strive to tell stories through visual media that resonate with a wide audience.
This quote emphasizes the responsibility of filmmakers to harness the power of visual storytelling effectively. By utilizing cinematic language, they aim to create narratives that connect emotionally with diverse audiences, illustrating the profound impact that films can have on people's lives and experiences.
In practice
In a film course, when discussing the role of directors, I would use this quote to highlight the importance of storytelling.
The moment of creative impulse is what an artist gives you. You look at a Pollock, and it can't give you the tools to do a painting like that yourself, but in doing the work, Pollock shares with you the moment of creative impulse that drove him to do that work.
When I am writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness. I'm trying for that. But I'm also trying for the language. I'm trying to see how it can really sound.
It's simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they're done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it's what they see. That's where my head is at.
The great problem was the selection of the readymade. I needed to choose an object without it impressing me: that is to say, without it providing any sort of aesthetic delectation. Moreover, I needed to reduce my own personal taste to absolute zero.
The poet makes silk dresses out of worms.
With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.
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