Karel Reisz Quotes


"I'm now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies."
- Karel Reisz
(Related: Movies, Vision, Beginning, Now)

"There's a great danger in making this seem more important than it is, this whole Free Cinema thing."
- Karel Reisz
(Related: Cinema, Danger)

"The British cinema had been very dull and conformist."
- Karel Reisz
(Related: Cinema)

"I said I would do all the films about the commercials, and the films about ball-bearings and Ford tractors and so on, if once a year they gave me money for a free film."
- Karel Reisz
(Related: Money, Film)

"Heroism in a bad cause."
- Karel Reisz
(Related: Cause, Heroism)

"A style is not a matter of camera angles or fancy footwork, it's an expression, an accurate expression of your particular opinion."
- Karel Reisz
(Related: Expression, Fancy, Opinion, Style)

"A big element of what they regard as conformity is simply a desire to have an audience."
- Karel Reisz
(Related: Conformity, Desire)

"Minority views expressed in films simply don't sell tickets."
- Karel Reisz
(Related: Minority)